Nuclear Robotic Response Program
Howe & Howe Technologies, world leaders in robotics, were contacted by officials in Japan in a plea for help during their Fukushima catastrophe. Due to the large amounts of radiation that blanketed the site, a robotic solution was sought in attempts to suppress fires and perform essential manual tasks that were too dangerous for human workers.
Howe & Howe Tech responded and conducted an indepth study and subsequently endeavored to engineer an exclusive Nuclear Robotic Response Program.
The program should reduce the radiological exposure to First Responders and offer the ability to correct nuclear disasters before they get too big to control. This would in turn reduce the total amount of radiation released to the environment.
Thus was born the N.R.R.P., comprised of two different robots. First to respond is the Riptide. The Riptide is an amphibious tracked vehicle big and powerful enough to remove rubble from work areas. It is capable of traveling over the most difficult terrain. Equipped with state-of-the-art optics and sensors, Riptide will offer responders on-the-ground, real-time damage assessment from ground zero. Furthermore, it can house large water cannons for providing remote nuclear cooling solutions.
The second robot in the N.R.R.P. arsenal is the much smaller, tracked Thermite. Also housing state-of-the-art sensing equipment, Thermite is able to enter buildings and structures for internal assessment of damage. Thermite can suppress fires with its onboard Halon system. It can also open doors, turn cooling valves, or push buttons with its robotic arm. In addition, Thermite is the only robot in existence that is able to fit through a standard 32" doorway while also being strong enough to extract an incapacitated, adult male.
It is clear that in a world of ever diminishing petroleum supply, we will see more and more nuclear energy solutions across the globe. With too many nuclear reactors going up near seismic fault lines and population clusters, we need to be better prepared for the inevitable. We need to do "the right thing". We need the Nuclear Robotic Response Program.