Technology
Robot manufacturers
across the country are incessantly developing and upgrading research robots for
the quick recovery of the power plant in Fukushima. Topy Industries developed a
small research robot that can revolve even in a halfpace about 70 cm wide
carrying such devices as camera and dosemeter. It employs the rubber underbody
and arms to go up and down a staircase. The robot named Survey Runner will be
lent to Tokyo Power Plant by the end of this month.
Existing robots
need at least a 100 cm wide halfpace to ascend and descend a staircase, but Survey
Runner needs only a halfpace about 60 cm wide because it is much smaller thanthe existing robots. In addition, the arms can make it ascend 45-degree wet
steps inside the buildings of the power plant. Because it allows for wired
operation, it can be operated even if it is blocked by a thick wall. It comes
with about 400 m fiber cable, and the operator can run the Survey Runner in a
remote place. Even if it overturns, it can recover its feet thanks to its low
center of gravity.
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