The challenges for telerobotics in a nuclear environment

Jan De Geeter, Marc Decréton, Eric Colon

    Research outputpeer-review

    Abstract

    The introduction of advanced robotics into teleoperation in nuclear environments is very hard. Innovations such as sensor-based control, teleprogramming or virtual reality penetrate only very slowly to real applications. One of the main causes is the lack of proven reliability of those innovations, which depends primarily on the reliability of the {\em hardware} and on the reliability of the teleoperated {\em system in use}. The paper first briefly reviews the state of the art of the reliability of (instrumentation) hardware under nuclear radiation constraints. The overall reliability of the system in use is determined by the quality of the dialogue between the operator and the system. This paper identifies several promising research topics to improve the man-machine interface.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication Fuzzy logic and intelligent technologies for nuclear science and industry
    Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd international FLINS workshop, Antwerp, Belgium, September 14-16, 1998
    PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing
    Pages467-474
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-7908-1866-6
    ISBN (Print)978-3-7908-1251-0
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1998
    Event1998 - 3rd International FLINS workshop on fuzzy logic and intelligent technologies in nuclear science - Antwerpen
    Duration: 14 Sep 199816 Sep 1998
    Conference number: FLINS98

    Publication series

    NameStudies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
    PublisherSpringer Link
    VolumeSTUDFUZZ vol.38
    ISSN (Print)1434-9922
    ISSN (Electronic)1860-0808

    Conference

    Conference1998 - 3rd International FLINS workshop on fuzzy logic and intelligent technologies in nuclear science
    Country/TerritoryBelgium
    CityAntwerpen
    Period1998-09-141998-09-16

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