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JR East's 12-Metre Chainsaw Robot: A Man Wearing It as a Coat
From the BBN segment “Chainsaw robots help keep trains running in east Japan”, cut down to under a minute.
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Transcript of the segment
What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Japan Today.
Gloria VanceNow to eastern Japan, where a humanoid robot with a chainsaw has been trimming branches over the tracks near Nobeyama Station in Nagano Prefecture, on the Koumi line.
Dale BearmanA giant robot. With a chainsaw. Near a railway line. I have seen this film, and the trains do not make it to the end.
Gloria VanceIt is pruning, Mr. Bearman.
Gloria VanceThe machine drives on rails or roads, reaches twelve metres, and lifts up to forty kilograms, and an operator in a cockpit controls its hands through cameras in its eyes.
Dale BearmanA human is steering it?
Gloria VanceYes.
Gloria VanceJR East introduced it in March to offset a shortage of workers, and its president says he hopes to use machines for all kinds of maintenance of the company's infrastructure.
Dale BearmanFine, I feel better. It's just a very large man in a truck, wearing a robot as a coat. Who's checking on him?
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