Vega—A small, low cost, ground robot for nuclear decommissioning

This paper presents the Vega robot, which is a small, low cost, potentially disposable ground robot designed for nuclear decommissioning. Vega has been developed specifically to support characterization and inspection operations, such as 2D and 3D mapping, radiation scans and sample retrieval. The d...

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Published in:	Journal of field robotics Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 232 - 245
Main Authors:	Bird, Benjamin, Nancekievill, Matthew, West, Andrew, Hayman, Jim, Ballard, Chris, Jones, Will, Ross, Shaun, Wild, Toby, Scott, Tom, Lennox, Barry
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2022
Subjects:	3D robotic mapping Actuators Alpha rays Beta rays Decommissioning Electronic systems field robotics Flexibility industrial robotics Inspection Ionizing radiation Low cost Nuclear weapons Radiation Radiation detectors Radiation tolerance Robot arms Robots Spectrometers vehicle robot United Kingdom > UK
ISSN:	1556-4959, 1556-4967
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