A robotic inspector for low-level radioactive waste
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
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. 4 refs., 3 figs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-92MC29115
- OSTI ID:
- 513330
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606105--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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