Japanese robot to be dispatched to Fukushima plant

Japanese robot to be dispatched to Fukushima plant

NARASHINO, Japan - A man demonstrates robot ''Quince'' at Chiba Institute of Technology in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on June 8, 2011. The remote-controlled robot developed by a team including CIT and Tohoku University will be dispatched to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture to measure radiation levels and other data in buildings housing reactors.

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