A robotic dog is being used in an operation to clear radioactive waste from the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. Engineers said the mechanical hound, Spot, reduced the need for humans to enter areas “difficult to decommission”. It is able to produce three-dimensional scans from inside hazardous buildings, some filled with asbestos. The site ceased production of nuclear power in 2003 and is being cleaned up. The robot, which is maintained and adapted by the Engineering Centre of Excellence in … read more »
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