11th September 2020
On 11th September RACE are offering the chance to see a live demonstration of CorteX at their facility in Culham, Oxfordshire. There will also be opportunities to discuss its future development, and potential for wider, non-fusion, applications, with RACE technical staff.
CorteX is the robotics communication and control platform developed by RACE for remote operations in fusion and beyond. A software framework for interoperable robotics solutions, it has been designed around 5 key principles:
Numbers in the RACE building are limited due to COVID-19 controls and we regret that this means that we can only accommodate a very restricted number of visitors on the day. We plan to run further live on site demonstrations in the future and are also planning a series of webinars in September and October.
Covid-19
Any visitors to the UKAEA site at Culham must conform to the strict COVID-19 controls that are currently in place to protect the site. All visitors must be therefore be pre-registered, have completed two short online training courses (20-30 minutes each) before their visit, and complete a health questionnaire on the day of travel.
8th October 2020
The ITER Hot Cell is vital to the success of what will be the world’s largest fusion reactor. Fulfilling the requirements, when they are released, will take a collaborative effort from large organisations, specialist SMEs and research institutes.
In October UKAEA are hosting an event on Zoom to discuss the issues that will need to be overcome. The event will include the challenges presented by the ITER Hot Cell, the capabilities of UKAEA and the experience we have in solving similar issues. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions to a panel, made up of experts from across the Authority.
It is hoped that this will be the start of collaborations between UKAEA, industry and researchers, with regards the hot cell requirements, which will be key in the operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the ITER tokamak.