Pics of iRobot’s PackBots inside Fukashima

by Frank Tobe

18 April 2011

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… First really good video from Japan’s IDG of how robots are being used inside the Fukashima nuclear power plant and also outside for remote controlled cleanup and debris removal.
… Drone video and comments from Andrew Revkin at DotEarth.

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Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

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