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Scientists used a robot dog to sniff out radiation levels in Chernobyl

What’s the safest way to assess radiation levels at the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident and try to map it? You send in a robot dog.

The Central Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management and University of Bristol scientists brought in four-legged robot dog named Spot, that has been manufactured by Boston Dynamics, to map radiation levels in the area. The scientists said their main aim was to test the remotely-controlled robots in the Exclusion Zone.