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TOKYO (AP) - Enryu's 15-foot arms are powerful enough to lift a small passenger car, and its hands are almost as dexterous as a human's. And come next year, the 5-ton, 11.5-foot robot may soon be helping communities across Japan reach avalanche sites and clear snow.
A model tested recently in Niigata prefecture, at the heart of Japan's snow country, has two hydraulically operated arms, each capable of lifting 1,100 pounds, according to spokesman Shiro Fujita of Tmsuk Co., the robot's maker.
In the tests, Enryu successfully lifted a car from deep snow and simulated knocking ice and snow off rooftops, Fujita said.
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