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I am a huge fan of [[Diigo:http://www.diigo.com/user/ken_wakita%5D%5D!

– [[Robotland: Nuclear Disaster Robot Disaster 2011:http://robotland.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclear-disaster-robot-disaster-2011.html%5D%5D

強度の放射線放射がある環境で利用可能なロボットは世界的にほとんどないのが現状のようです。ロイターは痛烈な批判をしましたが、放射線によってロボットの目にあたる CCD が盲目化され、コンピュータチップが破壊されることが開発を困難にしているようです。

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<div><div><br>A critical report from <b>Reuters -</b> "<span>Japan a robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant</span>"- is replied by <b>Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Robot</b> Texas A&M Univ., <a rel="nofollow" href="http://crasar.org/">CRASAR</a&gt;, a crisis response and research organization which strives to direct and exploit new technology development in robotics and unmanned systems for humanitarian purposes worldwide, claiming that "pretty much <span>no country has robots (or at least barely plural) for nuclear disasters</span></div></div>

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<div><div><b>Scary Insights from Rescue Robot Experts</b><br>CRASAR confess that their <span>small rescue robots to search for survivors aren´t feasible in radiated environments </span>because sensors would probably be the first to go– video and cameras are fairly sensitive to radiation from their CCD chips. It’s impossible to work remotely if video is down.</div></div>

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<div><div>liable in a nuclear disaster. <span>Nuclear disaster robots need to be "big, beefy, slow, and stupid</span> (as in few processors)"– and even then it’s just a matter of time before enough radiation fries something</div></div>

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<div><div>e/height of spraying would not be enough for this plant, in addition to the radiation issue. A robot developed after the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/19/4/603">JCO incident</a&gt; by METI has been used in exercises at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant">Rokkasho nuclear plant</a>. It is being actually used for monitoring the radiation. Many robots were developed after this incident, but they did not continued. <span>Power plant companies mentioned that they did not need such robots because their nuclear plants never have accidents and are safe.</span></div></div>

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<div><div>clear accident in 1999 in which two workers died. Monirobo is designed to operate at radiation levels too high for humans. The 1.5-metre and 600 kg heavy robot runs on a pair of caterpillar tracks with a speed of 2.4 km/hr. It has a manipulator arm for removing obstacles and collecting samples</div></div>

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<div><div><br>CRASAR <a rel="nofollow" href="http://crasar.org/category/directors-blog/">says</a&gt; iRobot robots are "great for low-level radiation situations (or for high radiation die-in-place conditions) and much more agile that the traditional tank style monirobo".</div></div>

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– [[Robotland: Nuclear Disaster Robot Disaster 2011:http://robotland.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuclear-disaster-robot-disaster-2011.html%5D%5D

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<div><div><br>A critical report from <b>Reuters -</b> "<span>Japan a robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant</span>"- is replied by <b>Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Robot</b> Texas A&M Univ., <a rel="nofollow" href="http://crasar.org/">CRASAR</a&gt;, a crisis response and research organization which strives to direct and exploit new technology development in robotics and unmanned systems for humanitarian purposes worldwide, claiming that "pretty much <span>no country has robots (or at least barely plural) for nuclear disasters</span></div></div>

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<div><div><b>Scary Insights from Rescue Robot Experts</b><br>CRASAR confess that their <span>small rescue robots to search for survivors aren´t feasible in radiated environments </span>because sensors would probably be the first to go– video and cameras are fairly sensitive to radiation from their CCD chips. It’s impossible to work remotely if video is down.</div></div>

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<div><div>liable in a nuclear disaster. <span>Nuclear disaster robots need to be "big, beefy, slow, and stupid</span> (as in few processors)"– and even then it’s just a matter of time before enough radiation fries something</div></div>

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<div><div>e/height of spraying would not be enough for this plant, in addition to the radiation issue. A robot developed after the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/19/4/603">JCO incident</a&gt; by METI has been used in exercises at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokkasho_Reprocessing_Plant">Rokkasho nuclear plant</a>. It is being actually used for monitoring the radiation. Many robots were developed after this incident, but they did not continued. <span>Power plant companies mentioned that they did not need such robots because their nuclear plants never have accidents and are safe.</span></div></div>

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<div><div>clear accident in 1999 in which two workers died. Monirobo is designed to operate at radiation levels too high for humans. The 1.5-metre and 600 kg heavy robot runs on a pair of caterpillar tracks with a speed of 2.4 km/hr. It has a manipulator arm for removing obstacles and collecting samples</div></div>

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<div><div><br>CRASAR <a rel="nofollow" href="http://crasar.org/category/directors-blog/">says</a&gt; iRobot robots are "great for low-level radiation situations (or for high radiation die-in-place conditions) and much more agile that the traditional tank style monirobo".</div></div>

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