information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
18 Juin 2013
June 18, 2013
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130618p2g00m0dm034000c.html
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday it will conduct a survey at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with a remote-controlled robot that uses technology originally developed for Honda Motor Co.'s ASIMO humanoid robot.
The new robot, jointly developed by Honda and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will be sent to the plant's No. 2 reactor building Tuesday to check the radiation level and the condition of high areas of the first floor.
The robot has an arm with 11 joints and it can survey areas as high as 7 meters even in a narrow space using a zoom camera, laser range finder and dosimeter at the tip of the arm.
In developing the robot, Honda said it has applied technologies used for ASIMO, such as a system that enables simultaneous control of multiple joints.
The outcome of the survey is expected to be used for the planning of cleaning the radiation-contaminated building. TEPCO is also considering using the robot for surveys at other buildings.
The utility plans to eventually decommission the Nos. 1 to 4 units that were greatly damaged by the nuclear accident, triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday it will conduct a probe at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant with a remote-controlled robot that uses technology originally developed for Honda Motor Co.’s Asimo humanoid robot.
The new robot, jointly developed by Honda and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will be sent into the reactor 2 building Tuesday to check the radiation level and condition of high areas on the first floor.
The robot has an arm with 11 joints and it can examine areas as high as 7 meters even in a narrow space using a zoom camera, laser range finder and dosimeter at the tip of the arm.
In developing the robot, Honda said it has applied technologies used for the Asimom, including a system that enables simultaneous control of multiple joints.
The outcome of the probe is expected to be used for the planning of cleaning the radiation-contaminated building. Tepco is also considering using the robot to check the inside of other damaged buildings.
The utility plans to decommission reactors 1 to 4 when the process can be safely accomplished. The work is expected to take decades.
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