Confined spaces come in all shapes and sizes. Access to the confined space itself may also be limited.
Oil rigs, nuclear reactors, space stations, submarines, refineries and processing plants may all
require a unique solution.
Specials tend to be either large devices (as above) or devices for very specific environments such as
liquid metal, ocean floor, high pressure, high temperature, vacuum, corrosive or non-magnetic.
The longest snake-arm we have considered to date is 100m in length for complex "non-piggable" pipework
inspection. Another customer requested a snake-arm with a jack-hammer on the end for cleaning large
processing tanks. We have also fired high-impulse disrupter weapons from the tip of a slender
snake-arm. The compliant nature of the arm can be used to attenuate extreme shock loading.
Compliant robot arms also have huge potential as the base technology for robots operating in human
spaces. Shops, offices, hospitals, airports, hotels, museums are all confined spaces. In fact, worse
than that, all the obstacles are moving around randomly at high speed. These are the ultimate in
complex confined spaces.
Snake-arm robots are also the perfect device for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery
(NOTES). OC Robotics has patented technology that is relevant to the medical sector.
OC Robotics has all the in-house capability to design, build, and test bespoke devices as well as the
ability to build small batch products.
Contact us to discuss your unique challenge.
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