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... treatment process for a spent fuel (You et al., 2003). The ACP equipment must be remotely operated and maintained since an ACP hot cell is a highly intensive radiation field. Widely used remote handling devices are conventional mechanical master‐slave manipulators (MSMs). However...

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.... Remote handling devices Robotics Nuclear technology © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 B.L. Luk can be contacted at: meblluk@cityu.edu.hk During the initial design of the SADIE robot, it has been identified that some of the welds which require inspection are obscured by ladder...