1. Innovation Developing new tools for the nuclear industryLaserSnake 2 Rob Buckingham 28 January 2014Page 1 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics

2. LaserSnake2 overview 7.7m national program Ambition: additional tools for reliable, routine decommissioning Ex-situ size reduction of low active components using laser cutting at Windscale Lab on Sellafield site Trace active deployment of LaserSnake for in-situ decommissioning on Sellafield site Working towards high active decommissioning Submerged snake-arm demonstration Mobile vehicle demonstrationPage 2 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 3. In-situ decommissioningPage 3 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 4. Snake-arm robotsPage 4 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 5. Laser cuttingPage 5 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 6. UNDERWATER CUTTINGPage 6 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 7. Underwater cuttingPage 7 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 8. LASERSNAKEPage 8 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 9. LaserSnakePage 9 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 10. TUNNEL BORING MACHINESPage 10 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 11. Tunnel boring machinesPage 11 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 12. Innovating Its hard! Why change? Doing nothing is easier than doing something!! Necessity is the mother of invention User pull and technology push Politicians, regulators, industry, academia aligning behind the industrial strategyPage 12 of not too many 2014 OC Robotics 13. Robotics & Autonomous Systems The embodied internet 14. Background Analysis Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) is one of the Eight Great Technologies. RAS is a General Purpose Technology which impacts many UK sectors, including those with industry sector strategies: nuclear, aerospace, manufacturing and societal issues such as the aging population. The embodied internet Interactive, interconnected, data-rich, smart tools that do work: Where people should not work, and, Working alongside people in human spaces and placesRecent estimates for global market size EU Commission - 15.5 billion pa UKTI - US$25 billion pa McKinsey - by 2025 economic impact US$1.9 and $6.4 trillion 15. RAS-Strategy Delivering innovation Building and industry Creating an innovation conveyor belt RAS-coordination RAS-fellows; RAS-entrepreneurs RAS-challenges RAS-assets RAS-clusters Harsh environments its a hot spot NNL, CCFE, SL, EDF, Chevron, BP 16. Strategy for Growth RAS Assets Building the RAS-UK balance sheet Tangible and intangible assets The identification, creation and use of RAS assets Using established UK infrastructure, e.g. an airport, a section of motorway, a ward of a hospital, a nuclear facility, a North Sea installation, a farm First-of-kind UK-based real locations/facilities to accelerate technical maturity and explore societal acceptance including regulatory, certification and legal issues In nuclear, we support Sellafields Active Demonstrator Program NNL and CCFE as locations to nucleate RAS-clusters, linking with world class universities and industry of all sizes 17. Robotics & Autonomous Systems The embodied internet