Low-level stored waste inspection using mobile robots [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Dept. of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1996.
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| Abstract: | A mobile robot inspection system, ARIES (Autonomous Robotic Inspection Experimental System), has been developed for the U.S. Department of Energy to replace human inspectors in the routine, regulated inspection of radioactive waste stored in drums. The robot will roam the three-foot aisles of drums, stacked four high, making decisions about the surface condition of the drums and maintaining a database of information about each drum. A distributed system of onboard and offboard computers will provide versatile, friendly control of the inspection process. This mobile robot system, based on a commercial mobile platform, will improve the quality of inspection, generate required reports, and relieve human operators from low-level radioactive exposure. This paper describes and discusses primarily the computer and control processes for the system. |
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| Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 06/01/1996. "DOE/MC/29115--96/C0690" "CONF-9605145--5" "DE96010023" ISRAM ̀96: 6. international symposium on robotics and manufacturing, Montpellier (France), 27-30 May 1996. Byrd, J.S.; Pettus, R.O. South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation, Clemson, SC (United States). Strom Thurman Inst. |
| Physical Description: | 8 p. |