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EM Science of Safety:Robotics Technology Thrust
DOE National Cleanup Workshop
September 14 and 15, 2016
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Science of Safety
Infusing and integrating scientific and technological
advancements into the routines of work planning and
execution in a manner that
1) improves safety and quality and
2) reduces the government’s liability for cleanup
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Robotic Technology ThrustWorking Safer and Smarter Using Robotic Tools
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EM is actively promoting the
use of advanced robotic
technologies as a key
mission-enabler
Work SAFER
Work SMARTER
Robotic Technology Thrust
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Handling of high-hazard, high-consequence materials
and waste Chemical
Biological
Radiological
Nuclear
Gaining remote access/entry to high-risk areas/spaces
Presence (potential) of CBRN materials
Unsafe, unstable, or unknown conditions
Configurations are hard to reach or beyond reach
EM Robotics: ALARA
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Assisting workers perform tasks that are
Dirty (contaminated, toxic, nuisance)
Dull (routine, labor-intensive, repetitive, mundane)
Dangerous (significant safety and health risks)
Difficult (require engineered measures)
Improving the safety, quality,
efficiency, and productivity of
facility operations
Robotics Use: Operations
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Improving response and recovery from operational
upsets, accidents, emergencies, and natural disasters
Multi-Use and Multi-User Robots
Robotic technologies that can be used to support both normal
operations and off-normal events
Physicist-to-Firefighter and Miner-to-Medic
Robotics Use: 911
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Wearable, prosthetic-like, exoskeletal, bionic, and other attachable
human assistive robotic devices that serve as
1) personal protective equipment (PPE) and/or
2) performance augmentation and amplification devices (PAADs)
Wearable Robotic Devices
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Robotic PPE is intended to help protect workers from sustaining
internal injuries due to forceful or over-exertion, fatigue,
hyperextension, over-rotation, abrupt movements, repetitive
motion or stress, repetitive or excessive vibration, awkward or
prolonged postures, and possibly the latent effects of aging
Robotic PPE
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Integrating anatomical sensing devices, brain–computer
interface devices, and biomechanical sensors to create
“smart” robotic PPE
“Smart” Robotic PPE
The images on this slide are for illustrative and conceptual purposes only, and do not provide government endorsement of the products or institutions represented. These images are publically available, and were electronically obtained from the open domain of the world wide web (internet.)
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Preventing Internal Injuries
Cases with days away from work by event or exposure. United States, 2013
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Performance-Enhancing Devices
Robotic performance augmentation and
amplification devices are intended to enable
workers to more easily perform tasks that are
physically stressful or demanding, mentally
taxing, ergonomically challenging, or even
beyond human capability
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Robotic Technologies Test BedPortsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Deactivation and Decommissioning Project
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Catalyze the Science of Safety initiative
Demonstrate relevancy and utility of robotic technologies
Key Features
Enhance worker safety
Improve worker performance
Conduct demonstrations in the field
Have workers operate robotic devices
Gain worker feedback
Complete by summer’s end
“The Challenge”
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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio
EM’s next major decommissioning project
Flour-BWXT|Portsmouth
Decommissioning contractor
United Steelworkers
Local 689 (Portsmouth GDP)
Local 550 (Paducah GDP)
Robotic Technologies Test Bed
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PORTSD&D ProjectCollaborators
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4-day period
24 robotic technologies
Operated by about 30 USW/FBP workers
11 expert roboticists and technologists
2 DOE national labs
2 other federal labs
2 not-for-profits
5 universities
9 technologies: near-ready for deployment
2 roboticists: began design changes
By the numbers… PORTSD&D Project
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Highlight Video PORTSD&D Project
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Hands-on, on-site demos PORTSD&D Project
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Closing RemarksPerspectives and Takeaways
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Next-Generation PPE
Smart robotic PPE will become as common as hard hats,
safety glasses, ear plugs, high-visibility vests, filtered masks,
steel-toed shoes, and gloves.
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New Tools of the Trade
Robotic technologies will become a common tool
in the workers’ toolbox.
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Worker must be in the loop
Work place was designed and built for humans
Work environment is complex and varies
Work and work conditions are dynamic
CBRN hazards vary and change
Technological challenges
Sensor technology
End-effectors
Artificial intelligence
Human-in-the-Loop
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Establish a robotic technology ecosystem
Research and technology development
Training, qualification
Fitness for service
Maintenance, repair, field modifications
Good practices, consensus standards, regulations
Supply chain
Plan for the future workforce
Apprenticeships
STEM pipeline
Push Forward
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Safety of Science Coalition
Maintain Momentum
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Rodrigo (Rod) V. Rimando, Jr., Director
Technology Development Office
Office of Environmental Management
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Office: (202) 287-1348
Mobile: (240) 676-6470
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