Japan Readies Robot For Work At Crippled Nuclear Reactor 78
angry tapir writes "A Japanese robotics lab has developed a new emergency response prototype that will soon be put to work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan. The robot, called 'Rosemary,' is about the size of a lawn mower and has four extended treaded feet that swivel up and down to help it climb over obstacles."
It's a really great robot (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cringely: Next Japan Nuke Accident Will Be Wors (Score:5, Funny)
Spent nuclear fuel rods isn't the real danger. The real danger is the iron used in the steel construction of the pool. When that steel hits the ocean water of the next tsunami (which is all but guaranteed to happen in the next 20 days), it will slowly dissolve and raise the iron content of the Pacific ocean to a level above what life can survive. I'm talking a huge global catastrophy of dead fish, whales, plankton, seaweeds, etc, becuase of elevated levels of iron. All the biological material will then float to the top of the ocean where it will collect, and since fish are full of oils, it is only a matter of time before lightning or some sailer tossing his cigarette initiates a conflagration that consumes all the world's oxygen in a huge fire. 7 Billion people dead, suffocated to death, because the Japanese are negligent about their nuclear facility.
Fearmongering from idiots. Am I doing it right?
Re:Cringely: Next Japan Nuke Accident Will Be Wors (Score:0, Funny)
You forgot to add that this will ALL happen by 23rd of Dec, 2012 during the rare alignment of the galactic cores and the "unknown" 4th neutrino type which were triggered by the multi-Chernobyl radiation beams emanating from Fukushima that hit the sun.. OUR SUN!! These neutrinos, when reacting with water, act like a microwave. But they ignore people and oceans and other surface water because..... 4th neutrino type only boils water in the mantle! and the polar shift. There must be a polar shift that will flip the earth by 67.257 degrees *exactly* because conservation of momentum laws shall not apply. And Africa will rise 2km!
Haven't you people seen the 2012 documentary???!!??
Re:Cringely: Next Japan Nuke Accident Will Be Wors (Score:4, Funny)
there is a 90 percent chance of a large earthquake in the minimum three year...[snip]...magical thinking
So your saying that specific area is levelled by a major earthquake and a tsunami every 3yrs or so? Doesn't it strike you as odd that the Japs would have to rebuild every 3yrs or so with the full knowledge that they will have to do it all over again in another 3yrs? It is not remarkable that Fukushima Daiichi was built 41yrs ago, so by your calculations had already survived a dozen such events before it fell apart?
The incident was a catastrophe, with or without the nuclear reactors, there's no need for hyperbolic "what ifs" based on what are clearly dubious claims.
Re:Cringely: Next Japan Nuke Accident Will Be Wors (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What's the robot for? (Score:2, Funny)
I see that it can carry about 130lb. [..] What is the real purpose of this robot?
Carrying out the dead bodies?