Various:
It's still too dangerous for humans to look inside three
reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Instead, robots
and remote cameras will give operators details of the
conditions. Other remote tools, such as unmanned fire engines,
will help douse the reactors, writes David Hambling for
New Scientist
. This may be the start of a long robotic engagement. "I
would anticipate that we are going to see a phenomenal
enterprise of remote work systems that are brought to bear over
the weeks, months, and years of recovering Fukushima," says
Carnegie Mellon University robotics researcher Red Whittaker to
NPR's
Geoff Brumfiel.
