Robot called "Sakura"

Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology unveils a new type of a crawler robot called "Sakura" during the Japan Robot Week exhibition in Tokyo on October 17. It is designed to work at the stricken TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Sakura is equipped with a video camera, microphone and measuring devices. The institute's crawler robot named "Quince" is already working at the power plant to repair the damage caused by the March, 2011 tsunami and earthquake, and "Sakura" will be able to work at deep areas of the power plant.Photo: AFP