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03/08/2018 / By David Williams

Robots emerging as the perfect tool for dangerous underwater mining missions

The majority of the Earth’s waters are pretty much virgin territory, probably in even more ways than you can imagine. More than simply being home to many yet-to-be identified animal species, it also holds tons of valuable resources that are just sitting there and waiting to be harvested. The problem is that the deep ocean […]

03/09/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Robots keep “dying” from radiation in Fukushima, making the nuclear fallout investigation impossible

On 11 March 2011, Japan was hit by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, followed shortly thereafter by a huge tsunami, leaving 16,000 people dead and 160,000 homeless. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant, one of the 15 largest in the world, sustained serious damage in the disaster, resulting in the meltdown of three nuclear reactors. The Tokyo […]

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