Japanese robots await call to action

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Hot to bot: Tmsuk Co.'s rescue robot T-53 Enryu is on standby to be deployed at the crippled Fukshima No. 1 nuclear plant. The remote-controlled robot has two arms that can lift objects as heavy as 100 kg. TMSUK/KYODO

Kyodo

Japanese robots designed for heavy lifting and data collection have been prepared for deployment at irradiated reactor buildings of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power station, where U.S.-made robots have already taken radiation and temperature readings as well as visual images at the crippled facility via remote control.


Just a display: A robot developed in Japan to work in a nuclear disaster is displayed at Sendai Science Museum on April 15. KYODO PHOTO

Enryu (rescue dragon) was developed in the aftermath of the magnitude-7.3 Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the Kobe area in 1995. Designed to engage in rescue work, the remote-controlled robot has two arms that can lift objects up to 100 kg. It has "undergone training" at the Kitakyushu municipal fire department in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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