Maybe the Japanese should buy or at least rent the German ones. Stupid.
“Maybe the Japanese should buy or at least rent the German ones. Stupid.”
For the Japanese it’s better to let a nuclear reactor go critical, pollute the environment, and kill people than be forced to lose face over having to borrow, rent or buy robotic technology that could stop the problem.
The reasons why Japan hasn’t developed robotic technology to deal with this situation is because they didn’t think this situation would happen and most of their development has been geared toward getting ready for the Baby Boomers to retire since there aren’t enough Japanese to take care of the elderly. Plus, you don’t have to pay a robot to take care of the elderly.
Probably buy. After the robots have been used for their purpose, they will have to remain on site. They'd have taken too much radiation to extract and reuse without causing serious harm to the people who service and maintain them.
Probably better to buy the design and build their own. Shouldn't take all that long.