Remotely controlled manipulators using tele-robotic software provide enhanced efficiency and ergonomy for work in hot cells - 15101
- AREVA NC - 1 place Jean Millier, 92400 Courbevoie (France)
- AREVA NC - La Hague, 50440 Beaumont La Hague (France)
- Getinge - La Calhene, 1, rue du Comte de Donegal, 41102 Vendome (France)
Computer aid and electrical assistance have been applied to remote manipulation inside hostile environments. A heavy duty master/slave manipulator system, the MT200, has been updated with the addition of an electronic bay with specialized software, a motion module and a poly-articulated master arm. This is the result of an ambitious 20-year continuous improvement program undertaken by the French nuclear institutions, CEA LIST Interactive Robotics Unit and AREVA in order to improve ergonomics, safety and efficiency at the AREVA La Hague nuclear plant. The new manipulator system, named MT200 TAO, uses tele-robotics to improve ergonomics by literally lightening the workload transmitted to operators. The link between the master and slave arms is electrical rather than mechanical. The poly-articulated master arm uses haptic (force feedback) technology, so the operator effort is multiplied by a homothetic coefficient in the slave arm. Simplification of the offset function, now integrated into the master arm, means that the operator can be correctly positioned for each task. Some repetitive tasks can be carried out with great precision in playback (robotic mode). In addition, this technology contributes to better efficiency, higher availability rate, lower maintenance costs with increased MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), reduced waste, improved performance and safer use (remote workstations are feasible). (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22822661
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-19-WM-15101; TRN: US19V0651067576
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM2015: Annual Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 15-19 Mar 2015; Other Information: Country of input: France; 4 refs.; Available online at: http://archive.wmsym.org/2015/index.html
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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