Robotic platform for traveling on vertical piping network

Nance, Thomas A; Vrettos, Nick J; Krementz, Daniel; Marzolf, Athneal D

Title: Robotic platform for traveling on vertical piping network

Patent · Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1169114

Nance, Thomas A; Vrettos, Nick J; Krementz, Daniel; Marzolf, Athneal D

This invention relates generally to robotic systems and is specifically designed for a robotic system that can navigate vertical pipes within a waste tank or similar environment. The robotic system allows a process for sampling, cleaning, inspecting and removing waste around vertical pipes by supplying a robotic platform that uses the vertical pipes to support and navigate the platform above waste material contained in the tank.

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Research Organization:: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

Assignee:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)

Patent Number(s):: 8,944,192

Application Number:: 13/260,884

OSTI ID:: 1169114

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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