AtkinsRéalis and Sellafield Ltd trial a maintenance robot dog

AtkinsRéalis and Sellafield Ltd trial a maintenance robot dog

The robot is being trialled for remote operations in inspection and data capture. The maintenance robot dog is being trialled at Sellafield to demonstrate the possibility of a secure network for remote operation of robotics on work sites. The maintenance robot dog is also being considered for decommissioning uses. The maintenance robot dog is based on a Boston Dynamics robot The machine is a customised Boston Dynamics robot, known as Spot, which…

AtkinsRéalis and Sellafield operate Spot from 10 miles away

AtkinsRéalis and Sellafield have successfully trialled the remote operation of Spot the robot dog from a different location. They claim this is an industry-first milestone “that demonstrates the potential of virtual site access on nuclear licensed sites, safely and securely”. BIMplus has documented AtkinsRéalis’ work with a customised Boston Dynamics’ quadrupedal robotic dog at Sellafield over the past two years. Spot has worked alongside emplo…

Robo hound of Sellafield unleashed

No this is not something from Terminator but yes, a robotic ‘dog’ has been let loose at Sellafield nuclear power station. Engineers from AtkinsRéalis and Sellafield Ltd have successfully operated a Boston Dynamics Spot robot from outside the nuclear site, proving that virtual site access could change the game for nuclear decommissioning. For the past two years, Spot has been sniffing around hazardous areas at Sellafield, capturing data, inspecti…