AtkinsRéalis, an engineering services and nuclear company, and Canadian robotic developer Kinova have agreed an extension of their global strategic partnership for a further three years.
This renewed collaboration will help advance the integration of cutting-edge robotic technology in the nuclear sector globally, building on the successful deployment of Kinova’s robotic arm within the patented AtkinsRéalis Remote Glovebox Operation (ARGO) system in the United Kingdom, with demonstration units also operating at the AtkinsRéalis Technology Center (ATC) in Richland, US, and in Montreal, Canada.
The ARGO system was recently used in a world-first deployment at the Sellafield site in the UK, retrofitting a nuclear glovebox with a robotic arm in a successful demonstrator project that proves viability to use at scale across nuclear decommissioning sites. [Read more…] about AtkinsRéalis and Kinova extend strategic partnership in nuclear robotics