Following the Fukushima tsunami incident, the government had initiated a program to develop a range of remote control unmanned machines such as hydraulic excavators which can access disaster areas for clean-up operations. In comparison with conventional construction machines, the tele-commanded robots have good dynamic characteristics and haptic force, aiming at accurate and reliable work. The power supply wire can be drawn around for a long time. Their image processing system can also be based on outside cameras in case of aerial fog and allows for different viewpoints in complex terrain.
JST news release, November 11, 2016
Consortium develops variety of disaster robots” for remote control operations”