Gamma-ray irradiation test of electric components of rescue mobile robot Quince - Toward emergency response to nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 2011

Keiji Nagatani, Seiga Kiribayashi, Yoshito Okada, Kazuki Otake, Kazuya Yoshida, Satoshi Tadokoro, Takeshi Nishimura, Tomoaki Yoshida, Eiji Koyanagi, Mineo Fukushima, Shinji Kawatsuma

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Abstract

On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit eastern Japan, particularly the Tohoku area. Since then, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has been facing a crisis. To respond to this situation, we began a project to redesign our mobile robots for disaster response missions. A key issue to be addressed was to check the radiation hardness of the electric components of our robot. Initially, no information was available in this regard. Therefore, we conducted gamma-ray irradiation tests for the electric components using cobalt-60. In this paper, we introduce the procedure for the irradiation test and report the results of the test.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication9th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, SSRR 2011
Pages56-60
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event9th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, SSRR 2011 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 2011 Nov 12011 Nov 5

Publication series

Name9th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, SSRR 2011

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, SSRR 2011
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period11/11/111/11/5

Keywords

  • Gamma-Ray Irradiation Test
  • Rescue Robot

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