Development of a virtual reality simulator for the ITER blanket remote handling system

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1837-1840

  Takeda, Nobukazu ^a   Kakudate, Satoshi ^a   Nakahira, Masataka ^a   Shibanuma, Kiyoshi ^a   Tesini, Alessandro ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

Author keywords

Electro mechanical hardware; ITER; Remote maintenance; Teleoperation; Telerobotics; VR systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; MAINTENANCE; MANIPULATORS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; REMOTE CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRO-MECHANICAL HARDWARE; ITER; REMOTE MAINTENANCE; TELEOPERATION; TELEROBOTICS; VR SYSTEMS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 56949083615     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.05.042     Document Type: Article

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