Robotics in Extreme Environments seminar
Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation' (RoMaNs) project An overview of the RoMaNs project and the collaboration between the University of Birmingham and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), with France's Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) and the National Centre for Scientific Research, together with the Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany. More information
Nuclear decommissioning projects with robotic manipulation and vision technologies at University of
Multiple schools within University of Birmingham, UK, have been collaborating to develop cross- disciplinary robotics solutions to address a variety of nuclear decommissioning problems, in collaboration with the UK nuclear industry. This work is motivated by the many difficult problems to be addressed at the UK Sellafield site, but the techniques are fundamental and broadly applicable to other installations. Read the rest of the article here
Robots for hazardous tasks and environments
Think about how robots could play crucial roles in cleaning up nuclear waste or rescues in disaster zones. Rustam will outline the University of Birmingham's projects to develop robots that perform hazardous tasks and operate in hazardous environments. He will outline the challenges such robots face, including how to ensure such robots can move, manipulate and perceive objects in highly unstructured environments. Read the rest of the article here
Funding for waste-handling robotics development
A project to develop new robotic techniques for use in the autonomous handling of radioactive wastes is among those recently selected for funding by the European Commission. In January, the European Commission announced the first robotics projects to receive funding under the Horizon 2020 program. The list of 17 projects includes medical and rescue robotics, industrial and service robotics as well as cognitive interaction and precision agricultural techniques. Read the rest o
