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Tele‐operated climbing and mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance in nuclear industry

B.L. Luk (Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China)
K.P. Liu (Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China)
A.A. Collie (Climbing Robot Company Ltd, Hants, UK)
D.S. Cooke (BOC Edwards, HSM, Burgess Hill, UK)
S. Chen (Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991x

Article publication date: 1 May 2006

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Abstract

Purpose

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Aims to report on the various types of tele‐operated mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance, especially in the field of nuclear industry.

Design/methodology/approach

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Describes nuclear electric robot operator (NERO), Sizewell A duct inspection equipment (SADIE), Robug‐IIs (all leg‐based) and Roboslave (wheel‐based).

Findings

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That these robots can handle a significant portion of inspection and maintenance tasks in a typical nuclear plant, though, given that they are primarily tailor‐made, they are still too expensive for ordinary industries.

Originality/value

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As the interests of health and safety and paramount, this study sees the use of such robots expanding and diversifying, irrespective of cost.

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Citation

Luk, B.L., Liu, K.P., Collie, A.A., Cooke, D.S. and Chen, S. (2006), "Tele‐operated climbing and mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance in nuclear industry", Industrial Robot, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 194-204. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910610659105

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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