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Robots to the Rescue
Success came with a robot named Quince. In the days following March 11, 2011, when a major earthquake rocked northern Japan, caused a massive tsunami and led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, responders came, and so did robots from nearly a dozen different organizations. A ground robot and a ground-aerial team assisted with earthquake damage inspection, and five marine vehicles were used for tsunami recovery operations — including the location and removal of downed boats leaking fuel into the...
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