A robot created by a technology college in northeastern Japan recently won the top prize in a robotics competition on the theme of the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.The Mehikari robot of Fukushima College earned praise for its speed as well as ability to employ different methods to retrieve mock debris similar in size to that at the plant, the site of a nuclear disaster triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.The robot completed the set task in about 2 minutes, the fastest time, in the annual competition aimed at fostering future engine…READ FULL ARTICLE