NDLI: A teleoperated tracked vehicle for inspection inside a RFX machine

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Gallina, P. Gasparetto, A. Rossi, A.
Copyright Year	1999
Description	Author affiliation: Dipt. di Innovazione Meccanica e Gestionale, Univ. di Padova, Padua, Italy (Gallina, P.; Rossi, A.) \|\| Dipt. di Ing. Elettr., Gestionale e Meccanica, Univ. di Udine, Udine, Italy (Gasparetto, A.)
Abstract	A teleoperated tracked vehicle for inspecting the inner wall of a RFX machine is presented in this paper. It must enter the toroidal chamber of the machine and check the condition of the graphite tiles using a vision system based on a CCD camera. The design of the vehicle has taken into account many requirements imposed by the critical environmental conditions. The encumbrances problems have been faced and solved by off-line simulating the vehicle motion by means of a robotic simulator integrated with a CAD system. The insertion of the vehicle through a port of the chamber has also been off-line simulated in a virtual environment, in order to solve many of the related problems during the design phase.
Starting Page	4526
Ending Page	4530
File Size	2076283
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9783952417355
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1999-08-31
Publisher Place	Germany
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	EUCA
Subject Keyword	Tracking Pulleys RFX Mechanical Design Graphite Teleoperated Vehicle Cameras Robots Tracked Vehicle Vehicles Light sources
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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A teleoperated tracked vehicle for inspection inside a RFX machine