Modular Actuator Architecture for Robotic Applications.

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关键词: Gloveboxes;    Robots;    Performance;    Alternatives;    Cleanup;   

RP-ID  :  DE2003807871

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Complexes perform numerous hazardous material handling operations within the confines of a glovebox. The DOE is continuing to seek more efficient and safer means of handling these materials inside gloveboxes rather than the conventional, labor-intensive method through lead lined gloves. Glovebox applications exist within all EM Focus Areas (FA) as well as other programs within the DOE; D&D; Mixed Waste (MW), Materials Disposition (MD), and Defense Programs (DP). There are many needs within the DOE Complex requiring glovebox automation but the most immediate needs are those summarized in, pgs. 40-42, which call out specific sites (LANL, ANL, HAN, SNL, SRS and RFETS) that require an immediate infusion of glovebox automation in order to meet the DOE's commitment outlined in the Ten Year Plan and reiterated in. The use of glovebox automation technology will also be critical to the DOE in its efforts to comply with its mandated ALARA principles in handling the hazardous materials associated with the cleanup process.