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Title: Robotics Technology Crosscutting Program. Technology summary

Abstract

The Robotics Technology Development Program (RTDP) is a needs-driven effort. A length series of presentations and discussions at DOE sites considered critical to DOE`s Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) Programs resulted in a clear understanding of needed robotics applications toward resolving definitive problems at the sites. A detailed analysis of the resulting robotics needs assessment revealed several common threads running through the sites: Tank Waste Retrieval (TWR), Contaminant Analysis Automation (CAA), Mixed Waste Operations (MWO), and Decontamination and Dismantlement (D and D). The RTDP Group also realized that some of the technology development in these four areas had common (Cross Cutting-CC) needs, for example, computer control and sensor interface protocols. Further, the OTD approach to the Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing, and Evaluation (RDDT and E) process urged an additional organizational breakdown between short-term (1--3 years) and long-term (3--5 years) efforts (Advanced Technology-AT). These factors lead to the formation of the fifth application area for Crosscutting and Advanced Technology (CC and AT) development. The RTDP is thus organized around these application areas -- TWR, CAA, MWO, D and D, and CC and AT -- with the first four developing short-term applied robotics. An RTDP Five-Year Plan was developed for organizingmore » the Program to meet the needs in these application areas.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
90177
Report Number(s):
DOE/EM-0250
ON: DE95016130; NC: NONE; TRN: 95:017904
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; ROBOTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; REMEDIAL ACTION; COMPILED DATA

Citation Formats

. Robotics Technology Crosscutting Program. Technology summary. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/90177.
. Robotics Technology Crosscutting Program. Technology summary. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/90177
. 1995. "Robotics Technology Crosscutting Program. Technology summary". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/90177. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/90177.
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