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Title: Robot vision system for remote plutonium disposition

Conference ·
OSTI ID:752511

Tons of weapons-usable plutonium has been declared surplus to the national security needs of the United States. The Plutonium Immobilization Program (PIP) is a US Department of Energy sponsored program to place excess plutonium in a stable form and make it unattractive for reuse. A vision system was developed as part of PIP robotic and remote systems development. This vision system provides visual feedback to a can-loading robot that places plutonium/ceramic pucks in stainless steel cans. Inexpensive grayscale CCD cameras were used in conjunction with an off-the-shelf video capture card and computer to build an effective two-camera vision system. Testing demonstrates the viability of this technology for use in the Plutonium Immobilization Project facility, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2008.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-96SR18500
OSTI ID:
752511
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-99-00654; TRN: US0001357
Resource Relation:
Conference: 4th International Decommissioning Symposium, Knoxville, TN (US), 06/12/2000--06/16/2000; Other Information: PBD: 13 Mar 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English