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We erect structures for many purposes—as dwellings, work environments, recreational sites and even as monuments to our ideals and achievements. The science and engineering skills needed to help them survive the elements and the passage of time, or to remove them when they are no longer functional or threaten our safety … that’s when NIST can lend a hand. “Fixed for Life with NIST Help” tells how we’re built to help.
NIST’s RoboCrane technology is seen suspended from a bridge crane-and-trolley system that spans the entire length of the remediation facility at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
