#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Quince No.2 and Quince No.3 Are Ready to Be Deployed

They look like the original Quince, who has been left abandoned somewhere in the upper high-radiation floors of Reactor 2 since October last year.

The Yomiuri article below acknowledges the work that the original Quince did in the title.

From Yomiuri Shinbun (1/30/2012):

原子炉建屋撮影し未回収のロボ、後継２台投入へ

Two successor robots to the one that was lost after taking the video of the reactor buildings

東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の事故で、原子炉建屋内の撮影に使われた国産の災害救助支援ロボット「Ｑｕｉｎｃｅ（クインス）」の後継機２台を、開発した千葉工業大学の研究チームが３０日、公開した。

Two successor robots to the one that was used for taking the video of the interior of the reactor buildings at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, Quince, were revealed by the development team at Chiba Institute of Technology on January 30.

　２月中旬にも現場に投入される。

They will be used at the plant starting mid February.

　１台には空気中のちりに含まれる放射性物質を測定する装置、もう１台には立体的な地図を作れるレーザースキャナーを搭載した。初代の１号機が、通信ケーブルが切れて建屋内で立ち往生した経験から、緊急時にはもう１台のロボットを中継し、無線でも操作できるようにした。

One is fitted with the device to measure radioactive materials in the dust particles in the atmosphere, and the other is fitted with a laser scanner to create 3D maps. From the experience of the original Quince who was stranded in the reactor building when the communication cable was disconnected (or severed), each robot can be controlled by wireless communication in an emergency via the other robot.

　現在も原子炉建屋内で身動きが取れないままの１号機は、電子機器への放射線の影響を調べるため、回収せずに残しておく計画だという。

The original Quince (Quince No.1) will be left inside the reactor building [Reactor 2] to study the effect of radiation on electronics.

Poor Quince. For the sake of electronics research...

Quince No.2, from Chiba Institute of Technology page:

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