'Mighty Mouse' robot frees stuck radiation source

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Bob Anderson demonstrates the capabilities of the robot affectionately known as the M2, for Mighty Mouse. (Photo by Randy Montoy
A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source -- the size of a restaurant salt shaker -- at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that the cylinder could be safely returned to its insulated base.


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