Eh, I did some work with a team building a robot for maintenance inspections on an accelerator. Their client had come to the conclusion that the cost-benefit on

Eh, I did some work with a team building a robot for maintenance inspections on an accelerator. Their client had come to the conclusion that the cost-benefit on radiation hardened cameras was questionable, and advised them to select inexpensive off-the-shelf cameras that could be regularly replaced in a cost effective way. Radiation hardening is tricky, there are tradeoffs involved and lots of reasons you might choose different points on the spectrum from "disposable robot" to "robot expected to have a long service life in a radiation environment."