Underwater robot probe inside Fukushima plant's No. 3 reactor begins

He should change the sign name to "Inept Co"

Was thinking that this guy seems to have trouble getting the O to stick to the wall. Maybe a rearrangement iif the letters would help.

Good luck with that little robot fishy. The more information it can get the better. The whole world has a stake in sorting out these meltdowns.

Why is it called a robot, nothing more than a remote controlled drone.

Like so many other 'robots'.

6 years to have an operational robot for an extremely important matter ...

Seems japanese are now only good at entertainment technology, that's all.

6 years to have an operational robot for an extremely important matter...

6 years is pretty good going as this is new territory for robotics! The problem with developing a robot or drone (whatever you prefer) to deal with this situation is that any electronic device they send down will be exposed to huge amounts of radiation and will inevitably pack up before it completes a single dive!

This robot (I have no issues calling it that) has taken time to develop so that it can A) withstand the radiation and B) have the manuverability to deal with all the debris that is down there! It's not like your standard deep sea robot that has huge oceans to swim around in this little fella has to navigate in almost pitch black with hundreds of potential dangers just waiting to destroy it!

Its a start give it a chance!

Well, here's a shot of what they saw inside reactor 3, but they do not yet know what to make of it. What are the orange rings for example? All of the superstructure that should be there is missing, rod extractors, gangways etc., and they can see no definite sign of any 'debris' (corium?).

In a previous investigation into Reactor 1 they found some sandy covering at the bottom of the reactor vessel, and a hole in the bottom of Reactor vessel 2.

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170719-00000120-mai-soci

@pacint: robots and remote controlled mechanism are different. For instance, robot receptionists.

There are many things that can't be remotely controlled. Like above photo. It has to find places to place each letter.

Robots can act independantly(sans human).

Bomb disposal 'robots' are still remote controled ergo drones.

The technology for dealing with the disaster does not currently exist and needs to be discovered 

They need Alien technology but that does not stop TEPCO to charge for it now for and to milk the decontamination as much as they can, of course, they decide about how much it cost, pretty good business for them and their affiliate.

Four posts above I gave the readers a rough translation of a Yahoo latest news page and photograph. Yes, it took a bit of time to find the information, absorb it and pass it on, but I do enjoy helping deeper understanding here.

To the two people who gave me minuses, go and get a life. Do your own translation from now on. Why should I even bother? Bye for now.

6 years is pretty good going as this is new territory for robotics!

Right after the Fukushima accident, foreign countries with knowledge and operational robots proposed their help. THIS ISN'T A NEW TERRITORY FOR ROBOTICS AT ALL !!!

The proud japanese government refused the help.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/robots-designed-to-deal-with-nuclear-accidents-await-duty-in-europe-while-japan-asks-where-are-ours/2011/03/25/AF2A3ClB_story.html