Future of remote handling

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6868612

Grisham, D L; Lambert, J E

The field of remote handling started with the invention of mechanical master-slave and electromechanical manipulators in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Those developments and that of shielding windows applied in hot cells and bays remain the dominant application of remote handling. The development of electric master-slave manipulators in the 1950s under the direction of Ray Goertz, and further development and applications in accelerator and nuclear fuel reprocessing, has made advanced remote handling a viable scheme for many applications. In very recent times, the application of robotics to analytical chemistry, fuel pellet fabrication, and explosives handling is a precursor to an expanded application of that technology. This paper will review the state-of-the-art in three areas and offer the authors view of the future over approximately the next ten years.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM
• OSTI ID: 6868612
• Report Number(s): CONF-861102-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 53
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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