That’s CHAPPIE: Why the Space Force has a nuclear material sniffing robot
The modified robot dog can track chemical, biological and nuclear material. And yes, it is named after the 2015 sci-fi movie.
Space Force’s Nuclear Protection Wing Has a Robot Dog Named Chappie
The Space Force calls the robot dog a quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle or QUGV. But readers will recognize it as the kind of Boston Dynamics-style robot dog drone. There are a dozen different ...
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Photos: Robot dog ‘Chappie’ sniffs out nuclear threats at US Space Force base
The U.S Space Force has deployed a robot dog named Chappie to detect chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) ...
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Robot Removes First Bit Of Fukushima's Nuclear Fuel Debris – Just 880 Tons More To Go
A robot has delved into the radioactive ruins of Fukushima to retrieve a tiny chunk of spent nuclear fuel. It’s the first ...
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A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
TOKYO — A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant ...
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor
TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...