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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

TEPCO Investigates the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Reactor Building - Unit 2 using the Quince Robot

TEPCO Investigates the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Reactor Building - Unit 2 using the Quince Robot

This video gives an interesting perspective, from the operator’s point of view, on how Quince Robot maneuvers in Unit 2 reactor building.  Not many robots have stair climbing abilities but this robot is shown in this video accomplishing this difficult task.
The Quince robot was developed by Chiba Institute of Technology for nuclear and biological disaster relief activity.

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