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Zhenyu Wang
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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To obtain the necessary information of the fuel debris and water leakages in the decommissioning task of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants, an ultrasonic-based investigating method had been proposed towards the future internal investigation of the Primary Containment Vessel (PCV). In this article, we studied the assisting mechanisms and methods for the investigating method, as the rotatable winch mechanism and visual localization method. We used the rotatable winch mechanism to adjust the height and orientation of the ultrasonic sensor and localized the robot with cameras to localize the sensor, as assisting information for data combination. We studied the feasibility of the conventional visual odometry method of applying to the situation and performed localizing accuracy evaluating experiments with a mobile robotic platform prototype. Results showed that the visual odometry method could generate intuitive maps from bird’s eye view, and provided the average error rate of 35mm/1500mm, which met the required error rate for grating movement. The adjustable parameter ranges that could provide the required accuracy were also conducted.
Keywords
decommissioning, fuel debris, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear, ultrasonic, visual odometry
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Research Article
Zhenyu Wang
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-5632
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CURRENT STATUS: Published
Published
On 13 Oct, 2020
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Accept
On 28 Sep, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 26 Sep, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 19 Sep, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 19 Sep, 2020
Editor assigned
On 15 Sep, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 15 Sep, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 15 Sep, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 14 Sep, 2020
Editor invited
On 14 Sep, 2020
Version 1
Posted 22 May, 2020
No comments provided
Review #2 received
Received 07 Aug, 2020
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 07 Aug, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 21 Jun, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 27 May, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 25 May, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 25 May, 2020
Editor assigned
On 16 May, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 15 May, 2020
Editor invited
On 15 May, 2020
First submitted
On 09 May, 2020
Metrics
Comments: 0
PDF Downloads: ...
HTML Views: ...
Subject Areas
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License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
View the published article at ROBOMECH Journal.
To obtain the necessary information of the fuel debris and water leakages in the decommissioning task of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants, an ultrasonic-based investigating method had been proposed towards the future internal investigation of the Primary Containment Vessel (PCV). In this article, we studied the assisting mechanisms and methods for the investigating method, as the rotatable winch mechanism and visual localization method. We used the rotatable winch mechanism to adjust the height and orientation of the ultrasonic sensor and localized the robot with cameras to localize the sensor, as assisting information for data combination. We studied the feasibility of the conventional visual odometry method of applying to the situation and performed localizing accuracy evaluating experiments with a mobile robotic platform prototype. Results showed that the visual odometry method could generate intuitive maps from bird’s eye view, and provided the average error rate of 35mm/1500mm, which met the required error rate for grating movement. The adjustable parameter ranges that could provide the required accuracy were also conducted.
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