Radiation-resistant control system
- Remote Technology Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
REMOTEC has developed a {open_quotes}radiation resistance{close_quotes} control system under a U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract with assistance from the University of Florida. The SBIR goal was to develop a radiation resistant mobile robot from the ANDROS family of hazardous duty mobile robots that REMOTEC manufactures. See Refs. 1 and 2 for additional SBIR results. The control system, as well as the entire ANDROS robot, was redesigned, where necessary, to withstand radiation doses in excess of 10{sup 6} rad. Those components of the robot that could not be purchased as {open_quotes}radiation hardened{close_quotes} were tested under standard operating conditions for determination of their {open_quotes}radiation resistance.{close_quotes} The entire ANDROS robot was then assembled with these new components and tested to > 10{sup 6} rad.
- OSTI ID:
- 411812
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951006--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 73; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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