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Mini copter eyed to probe crippled Fukushima reactors

CHIBA, Japan - Specially appointed Chiba University professor Kenzo Nonami poses with a prototype flying vehicle in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2014. Nonami is developing the multicopter to probe inside highly radiated buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Mini copter eyed to probe crippled Fukushima reactors

CHIBA, Japan - Specially appointed Chiba University professor Kenzo Nonami holds a prototype flying vehicle in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2014. Nonami is developing the multicopter to probe inside highly radiated buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Drone home delivery project picks up steam in Japan

Photo taken April 8, 2016, in Chiba city, shows Kenzo Nonami, a Chiba University engineering professor, kneeling down beside a drone developed for a project to commercialize a drone home delivery service by 2019. Nonami heads a research team for the project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mini copter eyed to probe crippled Fukushima reactors

CHIBA, Japan - Specially appointed Chiba University professor Kenzo Nonami holds a prototype flying vehicle in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2014. Nonami is developing the multicopter to probe inside highly radiated buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Chiba Univ. group produces robot to detect land mines

CHIBA, Japan - A Chiba University research group unveils on Feb. 22 a prototype of a spider-like robot that can detect antipersonnel land mines by remote control. The group, led by Kenzo Nonami, professor at the state-run university's engineering faculty, plans to put the 120-kilogram machine into mass production.