Telepresence and virtual environment applications on the light duty utility arm system

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:10118827

Pardini, A F ^[1]; Rod, S R ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Bristlecone Corp., Reston, VA (United States)

The Tri-Party Agreement was initiated in 1989 to provide a thirty-year clean-up plan for the United States Department of Energy`s (DOE) Hanford Site. This plan addresses the remediation of hazardous chemical and radioactive wastes with a major emphasis on the characterization of Hanford`s underground waste storage tanks. To assist in this task the DOE is funding the development of a light duty robotic arm capable of deploying various tools which can inspect and characterize the interior of DOE waste tanks. Current development includes two new technologies -- stereoscopic telepresence, which will allow three-dimensional viewing of the waste tank interior; and {open_quotes}virtual environments{close_quotes} (or {open_quotes}virtual reality{close_quotes}), which will provide computer-simulated world wherein operators can practice inspections and other activities prior to performing actual operations in real waste tanks.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 10118827
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-2705; CONF-950232-15; ON: DE95006836; TRN: 95:002057
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. American Nuclear Society meeting on robotics and remote systems,Monterey, CA (United States),5-10 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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