TOKYO: In this country of breakdancing androids and artificially intelligent pets, nuclear cleanup crews on the tsunami-ravaged northern coast are depending on US-made robots to enter damaged reactor units where it is still too dangerous for humans to tread.
Utility workers seeking to regain control of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are deploying robots from Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot Corp to measure radiation levels, temperatures and other conditions inside the reactors.
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