The RAIN Hub aims to make telerobotics
commonplace in the nuclear industry,
minimising human exposure to hazards.
In collaboration with the robotics
industry and safety regulators, we are
developing digital architectures for data
fusion and synthetic viewing systems.
We are creating modular software
frameworks and architectures for digital
information processing and visualisation
that will include VR and condition
monitoring that can transform the
nuclear working environment.
CASE STUDY: CORTEX
As robotics and autonomous systems
become more widely adopted by the nuclear
industry, it will be vital for different platforms
to work together seamlessly and for them to
be future-proof if wholesale re-engineering is
to be avoided as new technologies emerge.
To ensure this is the case, RAIN Hub
researchers are using CorteX, a
robust framework that standardises
communications for plug and play
functionality with innovative technologies.
CorteX features include a single, consistent
interface, advanced functionality that allows
incompatible systems to be easily integrated
and a secure, fault-tolerant, distributed
architecture that ensure models can easily be
proven and verified.
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