Environmental hardening of a mobile-manipulator system for nuclear environments

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:7125919

Jones, S L; Cable, T ^[1]; Tulenko, J S; Toshkov, S ^[2]; Sias, Jr, F R ^[3]

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1. Remote Technology Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
3. Clemson Univ., SC (United States)

This research report discusses the radiation hardening of a commercially available mobile robot, the REMOTEC ANDROS. This hardening effort is culminating in the availability of a megarad hardened mobile platform to access areas in nuclear facilities with extremely high levels of radiation (0.1 to 1 Mrad). These radiation levels may be encountered both during routine repair and monitoring activities and accident situations. The project has completed a phase-I U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovative Research contract and is now in a phase-II effort with completion scheduled in early 1995. The research involves the evaluation of the material and electrical components of an ANDROS robot to determine the anticipated radiation hardness of the current production version and evaluation of the components that must be replaced or modified to harden the system to higher radiation levels. The work being reported is based on an evaluation of the complete list of all electronic, electrical, and mechanical parts used in the robot and includes initial experimental radiation evaluations performed at the University of Florida.

• OSTI ID: 7125919
• Report Number(s): CONF-931160--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 69; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420203* -- Engineering-- Handling Equipment & Procedures
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
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EQUIPMENT
HARDENING
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MANIPULATORS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION HARDENING
RADIATION HAZARDS
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROBOTS