A robotic inspector for low-level radioactive waste
- South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Department of Energy has low-level radioactive waste stored in warehouses at several facilities. Weekly visual inspections are required. A mobile robot inspection system, ARIES (Autonomous Robotic Inspection Experimental System), has been developed to survey and inspect the stored drums. The robot will travel through the three- foot wide aisles of drums stacked four high and perform a visual inspection, normally performed by a human operator, making decisions about the condition of the drums and maintaining a database of pertinent information about each drum. This mobile robot system will improve the quality of inspection, generate required reports, and relieve human operators from low-level radioactive exposure.
- Research Organization:
- South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation, Clemson, SC (United States). Strom Thurman Inst.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-92MC29115
- OSTI ID:
- 251159
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/29115--96/C0689; CONF-960798--1; ON: DE96010020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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