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UK funding for international robotics research centre
The University of Manchester and US-based Jacobs plan to establish a new international research centre - The Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting...
Russia’s Mayak develops robots for hazardous environments
Russia’s production association Mayak (part of Rosatom) says that, in 2024, it will put into operation two new robotic systems - Mustang and Tornado. The Tornado reconnaissance robot...
UK company designs robot for hazardous environments
UK engineering firm Forth has designed and manufactured a robot that can operate in disaster zones, in the event of an incident, from a command and control centre a safe distance...
Australian technology helping safeguard used nuclear fuel
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a new technology that could play a key role in safeguarding used nuclear fuels....
Russia’s nuclear industry looks to robots
Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in Skolkova. It is...
Korea develops simulator for underwater dismantling of reactors
The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has developed a virtual remote dismantling system (Simulator) to teach the use of lasers and plasma for cutting underwater...
Studsvik Scandpower and Blue Wave co-operate on artificial intelligence
Sweden’s Studsvik Scandpower has formed a strategic partnership with US-based Blue Wave AI Labs to deliver enhanced diagnostic and predictive capabilities to nuclear energy...
Control cabinets delivered for Kursk-II
The delivery of automation cabinets for unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP has been completed. Electrical equipment supplier, the All-Russian Research Institute of Relay Engineering...
UKAEA develops laser-welding ‘robotic snake’
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has developed a new laser-welding ‘robotic snake’ capable of operating inside fusion energy power plant pipework. The DEMO snake, which is...
Jacobs designs robot to tackle Fukushima debris
US-based Jacobs has designed and built a robotic tool to obtain crucial information about the state of a damaged nuclear power reactor at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan. The remotely...
Robot completes underground survey at Dounreay
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) announced that it is working with the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear (RAIN) Hub to develop a robot capable of accessing areas...
New UK robotics hub opens in West Cumbria
A new UK facility has opened in Whitehaven, in Cumbria, as the first network of robotics and artificial intelligence collaboration hubs across the UK.
Partners sought to develop underwater survey robot
Engineering firm Forth, the company leading the creation of the pioneering Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention (A2I2), is now looking for partners to bring the...
Petrozavodskmash tests 3D scanning system
A three-dimensional scanning system has been tested at the Petrozavodsk branch of Russia’s AEM-Technologies (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash).
Flyability launches the Elios 2 RAD drone for nuclear inspections
Switzerland’s Flyability on 5 August launched the Elios 2 RAD, an indoor drone equipped with a radiation sensor made specifically for inspections at nuclear stations. “The Elios 2...
Rosatom tests different methods of remote monitoring to improve NPP construction
The development of remote monitoring tools is part of Rosatom’s Unified Digital Strategy, and the operators for implementation of these innovative systems on projects in the...
Russia develops small gas analyser for use on drones
The Roskhimzashchita holding of Russia’s state corporation Rostec on 7 July presented at the Innoprom-2021 exhibition the Shmel (Bumblebee) universal air gas analyser intended...
Tvel plans to develop robots for decommissioning
Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel said on 2 June that Russia’s Presidential Council for Science and Education will consider Tvel’s plans to create robots for decommissioning nuclear...
Cleaning robot developed for Finland’s Loviisa NPP
An inspection and cleaning robot developed by Finnish Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (JAMK) and Fortum is facilitating work at Fortum’s Loviisa NPP, Fortum said on 25 May....
