Title :
Design and implementation of an ultrasonic local positioning system for robot guidance in a heavy liquid metal environment
Author :
De Cock, Wouter ; Kenis, Steven ; Van Roy, Ken ; Verachtert, Lieven ; Leroux, Paul
Author_Institution :
Belgian Nucl. Res. Centre SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a preliminary research towards the use of chirp coded spread spectrum techniques to implement a local positioning system to assist robot operators during manipulations and maintenance tasks in the future MYRRHA reactor. Preliminary test results in a simple experimental setup show promising results towards further developments of the system as the developed algorithms are able to discriminate between different transducers.
Keywords :
fission reactor design; fission reactor instrumentation; fission research reactors; liquid metal fast breeder reactors; ultrasonic transducers; MYRRHA reactor; chirp coded spread spectrum techniques; heavy liquid metal environment; robot guidance; transducers; ultrasonic local positioning system; Chirp; Interference; Noise; Receivers; Synchronization; Transducers; Transmitters; Chirp; Digital Signal Processing; Local Positioning System; Spread Spectrum;
Conference_Titel :
Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marseille
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1046-5
DOI :
10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6727991
