Ukraine ‘Spot’ the robotic dog sniffs out radiation at Chernobyl’s nuclear plant
By Abiodun Ogundairo
03 November 2020 |
7:00 am
Boston Dynamics robotic dog known as 'Spot' designed to detect radiation, was spotted working at Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor number four, as the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management reported on October 23.
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