Japan amphibious nuclear power plant robot appearance

Industrial News According to Japan's MSN Sanofi Channel, Chiba University of Technology announced on the 25th the amphibious nuclear power plant robot "Sakura 2" development. The robot will participate in the Tokyo Electric Power Fukushima Daiichi nuclear waste cleaning and other work. Guchida Guizhi, director of the Future Robotics Research Center at Chiba Institute of Technology, said: "Sakura-2 was developed on the basis of the requirements of the nuclear power plant personnel. It is free to walk around the nuclear reactor plant and work in the water. The only robot. " In August of this year, Chiba University of Technology and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement on the production technology for robot development in the field of nuclear power plants. "Sakura No. 2" as the representative, the robot into the high-radiation disaster site and other work of industrialization as the goal. "Sakura 2" is an improvement on the durability of robots that were surveyed and photographed in the reactor plant that entered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. Taking into account the water inside the building is normal, so this also joined the waterproof function.

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