RHOVR: Remote Handling Operations Virtual Reality
RHOVR is our in-house VR software. It is used to visualise digital twin mock-ups of tasks, from routine maintenance procedures to complex one-off operations. RHOVR lowers risks associated with remote handling by enabling engineers and operators to plan, and interrogate tasks in a virtual environment.
RHOVR can display the live position of real hardware in a virtual environment, alongside other metrics like temperature, stress on joints and estimations of radiation damage.
OMS: Operations Management System
OMS replaces paper-based planning with a digital alternative. It combines process flows and asset tracking, allowing teams to define detailed instructions for each planned remote handling task, with a log of activity recorded.
OMS is in daily use for remote handling at JET for the Decommissioning and Repurposing programme.
CorteX
Within robotics, we need a software platform that can adapt to new challenges, new user requirements and new advances in technology. To meet these requirements, we created CorteX, a robotics communication and control platform for remote operations in the fusion energy industry and beyond.
A software framework for interoperable robotics solutions, it is designed around five key principles:
- reusability
- extensibility
- modularity
- standardisation
- integrated user interfaces
