Nuclear Robotics: Proof of Concept for Localization of Contamination and a Protocol for Decontamination Driven by Robot

Development of nuclear technology for clean energy and scientific research presents increasing challenge for radiation protection. At the same time, development of robotic technology and new materials presents an opportunity to solve many of the problems by using robots in all situations where the r...

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Published in2024 11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronic and Computing Engineering (IcETRAN) pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Nikolic, Jelena Krneta, Dordevic, Tijana, Pantelic, Ana, Rajacic, Milica, Jankovic, Marija, Sarap, Natasa
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 03.06.2024
Subjects
contamination
Decontamination
Green energy
Ionizing radiation
Location awareness
protocol using robot
Protocols
robot
Software tools
Task analysis
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Summary:Development of nuclear technology for clean energy and scientific research presents increasing challenge for radiation protection. At the same time, development of robotic technology and new materials presents an opportunity to solve many of the problems by using robots in all situations where the risk for the operator, whether it is caused by not knowing the potential level of exposure, or where the exposure would be prohibitively high, can be reduced or completely avoided. In this paper, proof of concept for a robot, constructed for in situ localization of the contamination and consequent decontamination and a protocol for its operation, is presented. A real robot with a localization capability was constructed and its performance tested in a simulated contamination event. The idea for the upgrade of the robot adding a decontamination capability is presented also.
DOI:10.1109/IcETRAN62308.2024.10645170