Telerobotic Applications

These specially commissioned articles demonstrate a broad range of task complexity and this should reward the reader with insights into the difficulties routinely encountered in remote applications.
Examples are mainly taken from the nuclear industry and include remote sampling systems, tele–operated vehicle and manipulator systems, and climbing/walking robots for operation within hostile environments. These systems
must negotiate impractically small openings, endure unreasonable temperatures, and withstand various forms of radiation while performing some difficult tasks. Such tasks characterize the set of challenges faced by the authors who have contributed to this book, and the solutions described demonstrate their ingenuity and determination in overcoming those challenges. An interesting overview also investigates future directions in tele–operated robotics.
COMPLETE CONTENTS:Editor’s ForewordTeleoperation in use at the Joint European TorusTrawsfynydd RPV weld sampling project – experience overviewBack to the futureTorness boiler inspection manipulatorRemote diversion of a highly radioactive process linePAADS – a Schilling manipulator arm deployment systemFuel stringer tie bar end fitting spark erosion – Heysham 2 Power Station IFDSampling the Hunterston AGR DiagridThe ‘SADIE’ (Sizewell A Duct Inspection Equipment) teleoperated walking climbing robotFrom remotely controlled manipulators to tele–operation of advanced climbing and walking robotsFuture directions in tele–operated robotics.