Still, there are a lot of things to do in Fukushima Nuclear power plant until it becomes stable to cool down the reactor. All on-site workers are working for long hours, with wearing heavy anti-radio active uniform. Until this season it may be endurable for workers keep wearing those uniforms. But soon the summer season will be coming and it is expected the temperature goes up to more than 40C very soon.
So, I wonder what Japanese robots are doing. If they could replace human workers, it will significantly reduce the burden which are now only on human beings.
Then I found out at youtube what they are doing.
They are dancing, and singing on the stage.
This video clip was taken in October, 2010.
The other day, I watched TV program in which some very famous doctors in the robot research lab got together and had open discussions. Some of them said that Japanese robot industry tend to stick too much to humanoid robots. And some said, despite of the critics about the fact that none of the robots have been working so far when actual trouble happens, that they will keep all their focus on developing humanoid robots until it comes into our dairy life. I think both opinions are correct.
It is a bit ashamed that none of the robots developed by Japan is working on site.
But like we see in a super computer industry, which has just developed the world's fastest super computer this year regardless of the significant budget cut of the Government's subsidiary for the project, I hope those hard critics will help robots industry to expand their focus more widely as a whole.
For the record, if we could say that unmanned track vehicle to carry the debris as one of robots, yes those Japanese made vehicles have already been working on site.
And yesterday, first Japan made robot 'Quince' went into the building of the Fukushima reactor to measure the radio-active contaminated water.
So, I am expecting more robots are coming into this facility to help human beings.
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