Just wonder, Japan did so much R&D on robots and with today's technology, why they still have to send human to survey the radioactivity affected zone iso machines (robots or remote control vehicles) to do the job.
One possibility I can think of is malfunctioning of electronics (like soft errors with memory chips). But then, aren't there ways to clad the vehicles? I heard electronics / ICs in certain jet fighters can survive the radiation of a nuclear blast so i suppose the technology is available. Even if the machine will be contaminated or 'die' in the field so be it. Yes building this machine will be expensive but a human life worth a lot more.
Please enlighten.
ps Please don't OT. Thanks.
One possibility I can think of is malfunctioning of electronics (like soft errors with memory chips). But then, aren't there ways to clad the vehicles? I heard electronics / ICs in certain jet fighters can survive the radiation of a nuclear blast so i suppose the technology is available. Even if the machine will be contaminated or 'die' in the field so be it. Yes building this machine will be expensive but a human life worth a lot more.
Please enlighten.
ps Please don't OT. Thanks.