Showing posts with label Fukushima nuclear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fukushima nuclear. Show all posts

Friday, November 23, 2012

Toshiba presents a robot for use in nuclear disaster


Last year, when disaster struck Fukushima nuclear, many were surprised by the fact that Japan, a country known for its high technology , had to ask the U.S. designed robots for nuclear emergencies. Since then, Toshiba has been working on a new robot of this type so Japan will have their own robots and need not apply for another nation.
The nuclear emergency robot Toshiba is a quadruped which is equipped with six cameras , has a system to measure the radiation of a place and obviously we can control remotely, which is great so that engineers can see the damage from an area without exposure to radiation. The small addition is capable of climbing stairs, but if you can not access certain areas of difficult access has a smaller unit that carries on its underside and is capable of taking pictures.
The first use which will give the robot is to assist with the repairs of the Fukushima plant, which continues even more than one year and a half after the accident.