Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Abstract › peer-review
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TY - CONF
T1 - Research and teaching using a hydraulically-actuated nuclear decommissioning robot
AU - West, C.
AU - Burrell, T.
AU - Montazeri, A.
AU - Monk, S. D.
AU - Taylor, C. J.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Mobile robots are used in many hazardous environments, including explosive ordnance disposal, military reconnaissance, natural disaster search and rescue, and in the nuclear decommissioning sector. This paper considers a high level supervisory control system for nuclear decommissioning robotic tasks, such as pipe cutting, remote wielding, and scanning. Hence, in addition to consideration of the kinematics, the paper presents a literature review relating to robotics in the nuclear industry. Finally, the paper comments on the use of the HydroLek/Brokk demonstrator as a tool for university teaching, undergraduate project work and for stimulating the interest of young people in engineering more generally.
AB - Mobile robots are used in many hazardous environments, including explosive ordnance disposal, military reconnaissance, natural disaster search and rescue, and in the nuclear decommissioning sector. This paper considers a high level supervisory control system for nuclear decommissioning robotic tasks, such as pipe cutting, remote wielding, and scanning. Hence, in addition to consideration of the kinematics, the paper presents a literature review relating to robotics in the nuclear industry. Finally, the paper comments on the use of the HydroLek/Brokk demonstrator as a tool for university teaching, undergraduate project work and for stimulating the interest of young people in engineering more generally.
M3 - Abstract
T2 - International Conference on Systems Engineering 2015
Y2 - 8 September 2015 through 10 September 2015
ER -