An Accurate and Reliable Approach to Calibration of a Robot Manipulator-Mounted IR Range Camera for Field Applications

The technologies of robotics and automation are more demanded than ever for nuclear power plants and the other nuclear facilities, after the accidents at TEPCO’s Fukushima 1st Nuclear Power Plant following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011. Technical Committee on Robotics and Automation in Nuclear Facilities was founded as a TC of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. This talk will cover the specific technical issues related to robotics for decommissioning TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The future possibility of robotics solutions in particular with the use of humanoid robots are also discussed.

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