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Photo of a small, box-shaped robot with caterpillar treads situated where wheels would be on a car. The robot is being tested on the floor of a mock-up of the interior of a nuclear power plant. There are taped markings on the beige-coloured floor probably acting as position markers. Behind the robot in the centre of the frame is a steel flight of stairs leading to a landing and another flight of stairs ascending to another landing to the right of the photo frame. In the background can be seen what appears to be the back wall of the hangar-like interior of the building with a walkway with guardrails crossing left to right about 5 meters above the floor. A worker wearing overalls and a white helmet stands to the left of the frame gazing down on the robot. Caption: "A robot undergoes testing at the government's new $100 million R&D center near the nuclear plant." Photo attribution: SPENCER LOWELL Source: https://www.wired.com/story/fukushima-robot-cleanup/