Meeting the Complex 21 challenge: Autonomous mobile robotics

Conference · Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:61394

Holland, J M ^[1]

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1. Cybermotion, Inc., Roanoke, VA (United States)

Complex 21 focuses attention on developing the technology to store, inventory, account for, protect, and maintain nuclear material into the 21st Century. The optimum nuclear storage facility would be one operated by a minimum number of on-site personnel. ``As many people as necessary and as few as possible,`` would be a good rule of thumb for staffing a nuclear storage site. Human presence adds certain safety and security considerations to the technology equation. It is no small chore to fashion a technological solution that meets the combined challenges of nuclear material handling, physical protection, inventory management, fire watch, security, and personnel safety. What is needed is a multi-purpose technology with industrial, military, scientific, and security applications; a technology that can pull and carry; one that can autonomously patrol large facilities, monitor environmental conditions, detect smoke, gas, flame, heat, humidity, intrusion, chemical, and radiation hazards; one that can survey inventory and keep accurate, detailed data logs; one that can react to and interact with people, material, equipment, conditions, and events in its work environment. Cybermotion Inc., of Roanoke, VA, has been designing, manufacturing, selling and supporting mobile robotic systems since 1984. The company`s systems are at work in research, industrial, military, nuclear, security, and hazardous environment applications around the world. This paper describes some of these applications and especially the type of instruments they carry to perform monitoring and security patrols.

• OSTI ID: 61394
• Report Number(s): CONF-930749-; TRN: IM9526%%176
• Resource Relation: Conference: 34. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Scottsdale, AZ (United States), 18-21 Jul 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Nuclear materials management. 34th Annual meeting proceedings: Volume 22; PB: 1190 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
ROBOTS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SURVEILLANCE
REMOTE SENSING
RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS
RELIABILITY
NAVIGATION
REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT
RADIATION DETECTORS
AIR QUALITY
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PRODUCTION
STORAGE