ARCHITECTURES, INTEGRATION
AND STANDARDS
Lead: Rob Skilton, RACE
Robotic and autonomous systems
working seamlessly together will
maximise their use in the nuclear
industry.
Developing a robust framework, CoreteX,
which standardises the communication
between different technologies enabling
simpler, modular integration. Digital
twins have huge potential for future
management of complex nuclear sites,
and the robotic tools that can improve the
safety and efficiency of decommissioning.
A Condition Monitoring System (CMS) has
the dual purpose of identifying upcoming
faults and helping to plan maintenance
activities on active nuclear sites.
KEY PROGRESS
• Work on the glovebox demonstrator
including;
- Integration of different systems from
across the Hub.
- Development of simulations and
operations management system.
- Improving control of manipulators
and grasping.
• Developing a Condition Monitoring
System (CMS) for the JET remote
handling system. This includes
preliminary work:
- Analysing previous data to create a
taxonomy of faults.
- Gathering baseline data for normal
conditions.
- Running simulations based on
known data.
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