Applications & Solutions
The exceptional ability of snake-arm robots to manoeuvre into otherwise inaccessible spaces makes them valuable in a vast number of applications in high-value industrial markets.
Reaching the unreachable
OC Robotics has delivered robots and has provided consultancy and analysis for industries spanning, amongst others, nuclear, aerospace and security. Confined spaces are ubiquitous, in sectors ranging from storage to construction, and in hazardous environments such as under-water, radioactive enclosures, or toxic or corrosive fluids. OC Robotics is the key to reaching the unreachable.
1. The problem
The ubiquitous confined and hazardous spaces in industry
2. The solution
OC Robotics' snake-arm solutions
3. Snake-arms in action
Snake-arm robots in action
Learn more:
Nuclear
Aerospace
Defence
Industrial Applications
Confined spaces
Case studies
Ontario Power Generation (Pickering)
In May 2010 OC Robotics and OPG IM&CS completed the first deployment of a new snake-arm robot designed to conduct inspections within the Upper Feeder Cabinets of CANDU reactors
Vattenfall (Ringhals)
OC Robotics completed its first commercial nuclear contract in the summer of 2004. Two types of robot (five in total) were supplied to Ringhals AB to complete an urgent pipe replacement in an extremely awkward area below one of their reactors
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Airbus
OC Robotics is working with Airbus UK and KUKA to develop aerospace robots to deliver end effector packages capable of inspection, drilling, sealing and swaging
Ministry of Defence
OC Robotics signed a contract with the UK MoD to build a snake-arm robot to be used on a remote vehicle. The arm had to be 2.5m long and able to carry apayload of 25kg. It was also capable of towing a car
Snake-Arm Simulator
Free simulation software based on our advanced Snake-arm software suite
Solutions
Industrial Applications
OC Robotics has experts dedicated to analysing problems in any industrial setting. The number of different applications for snake-arm® robots is continually increasing to embrace new sectors
Nuclear
With the problems of radiation dosage and confined spaces, the nuclear industry is a clear beneficiary of snake-arm technology. That fact is borne out by the contracts won and snake-arms delivered by OC Robotics to its nuclear clients
Aerospace
OC Robotics is working with aerospace partners, focused on aircraft assembly, to develop a comprehensive toolkit for low access assembly tasks
Technology
Arm
Select arm dimensions and number of articulated links appropriate for the required performance
Tools
Define tool appropriate for the required task
Introduction
Select introduction method. Rail&Rotate™, 3rd party robot, or a mobile vehicle
Actuator pack
Motors and power electronics can be kept accessible and outside the confined or hazardous space
User Interface
Each UI is carefully constructed to the specification and requirements of the client
Latest News
OC Robotics wins contract with US Air Force
April 15 2013
OC Robotics is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and deliver snake-arm robots to reach inside aircraft wings.
LaserSnake2 Press Release
March 26 2013
Press release: LaserSnake2 - Combining robots and lasers to create safe, cost efficient tools for high hazard confined spaces
OC Robotics to exhibit at Innorobo
February 19 2013
After our very popular exhibit at Farnborough Airshow, OC Robotics will be trucking our Explorer Snake-Arm Demonstrator over to Lyon in France for the Innorobo robotics exhibition.
Snake-arm robots join the fight against cancer
September 21 2012
Snake-arm robots could help find and remove tumours during surgical procedures, according to an article on the BBC News website.
