Nuclear site automation
Recently, Canadian firm AtkinsRéalis successfully deployed a customized Spot robot as part of the Integrated Remote Monitoring Project in Sellafield, enabling inspections and tasks to be performed in hazardous areas without human presence on site.
During the study, real-time video streaming and a secure virtual access network were used to control Spot from outside the Sellafield site perimeter. It demonstrated a major breakthrough in safe, remote robotic integration and was the first time such remote operation was tested on a nuclear-licensed site.