Robot named ‘Little sunfish’ will swim in to the Fukushima reactor
The journey will be a tough one as the previous robots sent to the reactor did not make it back.
Earlier in 2011, a tsunami had devastated parts of Japan’s coastline. The tsunami had killed more than 18,000 people and it had also hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which had triggered the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Parts of the damaged reactors are still highly contaminated with radiation and robotics have been playing a crucial part in the clean-up.
A team of researcher along with Toshiba have now developed a swimming robot, which is being called “little sunfish” the robot is going to explore the flooded parts of the nuclear plant.
The robot which has a size of a loaf of bread, the little sunfish has been equipped for its tough mission with lights, manoeuvres with tail propellers and can collect data with two cameras and a dosimeter to measure radiation.
The cute little robot is hit the waters this week at a test facility near Tokyo, and will slowly be making its maiden journey.
The little sunfish then slowly moved though the mock-up of a containment vessel.
The robot is operated by a team of scientists while a data cable connects the robot at all times with the team, the robot will be sending back whatever pictures or data it can capture.
Once the robot swims into the actual reactor, hopes are that it will collect crucial data so specialists can remove more radioactive waste from the damaged plant.
It’ll be a tough journey for the little buddy – previous remote controlled robots sent inside the plant didn’t make it. They got stuck in the reactors, had their motion functions failing or “died” because of radiation levels so high they would kill humans within seconds. Fingers crossed that ‘little sunfish‘ will be more lucky. He’ll be sent into the reactor next month.
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