Force-feedback teleoperation of an industrial robot in a nuclear spent fuel reprocessing plant

Industrial Robot

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-186

  Desbats, Philippe ^a   Geffard, Franck ^a   Piolain, Gérard ^b   Coudray, Alain ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; Force; Radiation; Remote handling devices; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SENSORS;

MASTER-SLAVE CONTROLLER; NUCLEAR TELEMANIPULATOR; REMOTE HANDLING DEVICES; TELEOPERATION SYSTEM;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 33646343756     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/0143991061070300     Document Type: Article

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