- In contrast to most industries, most celebrate robots replacing human nuclear waste cleaners.
- Human nuclear waste clearers must wear exhausting protective suits and work limited hours to reduce nuclear radiation exposure.
- Following the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster (2011), robots unsuccessfully tried clearing nuclear waste.
- Many of these joystick-controlled robots got stuck or broke down (hard to control).
- Since then, nuclear cleaning robots have been programmed with artificial intelligence to assist being remotely controlled.
- Nuclear waste accumulation in Europe and the US will make robots vital.
