Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5128685 | Procedia Manufacturing | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Sorting of old and mixed nuclear waste is an essential process in nuclear decommissioning operations. The main bottleneck is manual picking and separation of the materials using remotely operated arms, which is slow and error prone especially with small items. Automation of the process is therefore desirable. In the framework of the newly funded European project ECHORD++, experiment RadioRoSo, a pilot robotic cell is being developed and validated against industrial requirements on a range of sorting tasks. Industrial robots, custom gripper, vision feedback and new manipulation skills will be developed. This paper presents application context, cell layout and sorting approach.
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Authors
Andrea Basso, Václav HlaváÄ, JiÅà Hůlka, Michael Jilich, Pavel Krsek, Sotiris Malassiotis, Rezia Molfino, VladimÃr Smutný, Libor Wagner, Matteo Zoppi,