Snake-arm robots, OC Robotics, Bristol, United Kingdom

OC Robotics worked closely with Salvarem and Areva NC to demonstrate the remote-handling capability of a snake-arm robot in a confined and hazardous environment. Snake-arm robots are general purpose delivery tools for confined space working in hazardous areas.

OC Robotics designs and manufactures snake-arm robots, which are specifically designed to perform remote handling operations in confined and hazardous spaces. OC Robotics has delivered robots for industries spanning - amongst others - nuclear, aerospace, medical and security. It has also provided consultancy and analysis services for these sectors.

Snake-arm robots have a long, slender and flexible design, fitting effortlessly through small openings and around obstacles. Snake-arm robots do not need support from the environment, which means that they can navigate through an open space, avoiding obstacles, carrying tools and conducting work.

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OC Robotics is pleased to introduce the Series II - X125 system. This Series II system builds upon the successful JetSnake product deployed on the Miami port tunnel boring machine.

The Series II - X125 system delivers a 6kg payload, arm bend of over 225 degrees and a highly flexible tip. The 2.2m arm has passed a series of extended operational tests and been designed for increased reliability and easy maintenance to reduce through life costs.

This particular Series II - X125 system has been successfully deployed with a high pressure water jet and inspection camera. Different tools can be selected to compliment the snake-arm, depending on application. For further information or to discuss your requirement please contact us.

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OC Robotics new mobile snake-arm robot. The 1.5m arm is mounted on an untethered, omnidirectional vehicle, giving it the freedom to explore complex structures that a conventional robot could not. OC Robotics have successfully delivered this system to Oxford Mobile Robotics Group.

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LaserPipe is an Innovate UK funded R&D project looking into the feasibility of in-bore pipe welding using industrial high-powered lasers, coupled with snake-arm robotics for hazardous or confined space deployment.
http://www.ocrobotics.com/laserpipe

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OC Robotics have successfully delivered and commissioned a new JetSnake system to the Dragages/Bouygues joint venture in Hong Kong. Following trials of the first JetSnake system in Miami in 2013, Bouygues Travaux Publics (BYTP) ordered a system for the Tuen Mun Check Lap Kok Link (TMCLK) currently under construction between the mainland and Hong Kong International Airport.

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The LaserSnake system has successfully completed its second set of laser cutting trials at TWI. The snake-arm robot combined with the ULO laser process head has shown itself to be a versatile system for in-situ nuclear decommissioning tasks.

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The LaserSnake system was configured for laser cutting and shipped to TWI for integration with the ULO laser process head. During the trials the system cut both curved and flat mild and stainless steels up to 40mm. A number of piercing operations were also successfully performed. The team established cut set up and cutting parameters. The project partners were able to build on earlier laboratory learnings covering laser power levels, illumination, using the systems high repeatability and control.

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All you need to know about our snake-arm robots - watch carefully, as we'll be testing you!

OC Robotics designs and manufactures snake-arm robots, which are specifically designed to perform remote handling operations in confined and hazardous spaces. OC Robotics has delivered robots for industries spanning - amongst others - nuclear, aerospace, medical and security. It has also provided consultancy and analysis services for these sectors.

Snake-arm robots have a long, slender and flexible design, fitting effortlessly through small openings and around obstacles. Snake-arm robots do not need support from the environment, which means that they can navigate through an open space, avoiding obstacles, carrying tools and conducting work.

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For more information please visit our website: Laser Cutting

The video shows the use of a wall climbing robot moving vertically on a steel plate. The plate is being cut using a 5kW laser beam, transferred to the cutting head via a fibre optic cable.

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The video shows the use of a large snake arm robot cutting 40mm wall thickness steel pipe using a 10kW laser beam tubes with a 10kW laser beam.

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The video shows the use of a manually manipulated Brokk laser cutting an array of steel tubes with a 10kW laser beam.

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During July and August 2016, the LaserSnake (integrated snake-arm robot and laser cutting technologies) system successfully completed active deployment in a cell in the First Generation Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield - size reducing a dissolver vessel. Deployed by OC Robotics and TWI, in conjunction with Sellafield, LaserSnake proved itself to be a versatile system for in-situ nuclear decommissioning tasks.

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Meet our Snake Arm robot.

The Snake Arm project is looking into how AI can work within a hazardous environment.

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