Scientists at India’s Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics have developed a remotely controlled system for inspecting steam generator tube eddy currents in nuclear power plants, which will remove humans from the potentially hazardous job, according to a Sputnik report.
The system is called the ECT Robot Manipulator, which is a “remotely controlled Five-Degree-of-Freedom robotic system used for positioning a probe below the steam generator tube.” A technician with a remote camera is on hand to make final adjustments, if necessary, to position the inspection probe. The camera allows for “automatic visual position correction to compensate for mechanical errors in the system,” the report said.
While robotic systems are deployed elsewhere for steam generator tube work, this is a first for Indian technicians, reports Nuclear Street.
