Title :
Factory automation adapted for the decommissioning of nuclear reprocessing facilities
Author :
Bicknell, A. ; Hardey, G.
Author_Institution :
British Nuclear Fuels plc
Abstract :
Decommissioning of redundant radioactive facilities is a growing world wide activity engaging the nuclear industry. This paper reports the results of recent research and development into the use of industrial robots for decommissioning tasks. A brief discussion of the decommissioning problem domain compared with factory automation is followed by a description of the control system developed to utilise factory automation robotics
Keywords :
factory automation; industrial robots; materials handling; nuclear fuel cycle facilities; decommissioning; factory automation; industrial robots; nuclear industry; nuclear reprocessing facilities; radioactive facilities; Control systems; Humans; Manufacturing automation; Nuclear fuels; Plasma measurements; Programmable control; Research and development; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4300-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1998.676318
