‘Nuclear firewalker’ robot for Fukushima unveiled amid great publicity — Freezes onstage, carried away (VIDEO)

A Japanese robot designed to withstand high levels of radiation and extreme heat at damaged nuclear plants such as Fukushima froze on Wednesday on its first public demonstration. [...]

Toshiba Corp unveiled Japan’s own nuclear-proof robot on Wednesday [...]

During the demonstration, the robot experienced a case of stage fright. The shuffling Tetrapod locked up and suddenly froze after it tried to balance itself, forcing technicians to carry it away. [...]

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