Chiba Institute of Technology · Disaster Response · 2011
Quince, developed by the Chiba Institute of Technology (with Tohoku University and others), is a tracked urban search-and-rescue robot with four articulated sub-track flippers for climbing rubble and stairs. It became known for entering the Fukushima Daiichi reactor buildings after the 2011 disaster to capture video and radiation/dosimetry data in areas too dangerous for humans.
| Category | Disaster Response |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2011 |
| Origin | Japan |
| Weight | 27 kg |
| Speed | 0.45 m/s |
| Runtime | 300 min |
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