The first nuclear robotics contract has been awarded by the UK-Japan alliance on nuclear decommissioning.
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded Veolia Nuclear Solutions (UK) and Wälischmiller Engineering GmbH separate contracts totalling £3m to supply robotic manipulator arms to its Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE) facility near Oxford.
Veolia Nuclear Solutions and Wälischmiller Engineering will each provide a twin-arm haptic manipulator – a form of kinaesthetic communications technology, complete with electrical and control systems, to deliver key aspects of the LongOps project. The manipulators will also be used by UKAEA to train operators that are based at both Sellafield and Fukushima.
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