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DESCRIPTION:TIERA – Development of a Mobile Robot for Assembly and Repair
  in Hazardous Environments\n\nTIERA is a versatile\, mobile robot that can
  conduct repair and assembly operations in hazardous areas. The functional
 ity and composition of the robot are defined by the tasks we expect it to 
 perform and the harsh environments we expect it to work in. We considered 
 many environmental factors in our design including radiation\, corrosion\,
  toxicity\, explosion\, biohazard\, high voltage\, and extreme temperature
 s. High mobility was another key design feature for enabling the traversal
  of hazardous environments. This contrasts with most industrial robots\, w
 hich are usually stationary and consist of a jointed arm attached to a fix
 ed surface. We had to carefully consider how to make it possible for an ex
 pert operator to remotely control the robot from a safe location\, and sub
 sequently designed the sensory\, communication (WiFi and 4G)\, virtual rea
 lity\, and haptic feedback systems required for intuitive teleoperation. A
 dditional key features of TIERA include:\n\n• Fanless embedded computer 
 controlling most of the robot’s hardware\n• Robotic manipulators and t
 ools perform various repair tasks\n• Vision system allowing operator to 
 receive video feedback from robot’s cameras\n• Sensors for getting inf
 ormation about the surrounding environment.\n\nThe main feature of TIERA
 ’s central control system is integration of NI Linux Real-Time and Compa
 ctRIO with the flexibility and features of ROS\, which generated many nove
 l features for our robot.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Daniel Roozbahani\n\nAgenda: 
 \nWEBINAR: 7:00 - 8:00 P.M.\n\nThe Zoom Webinar link and password will be 
 forwarded to all registered participants after Noon on the day of the meet
 ing. Check your spam folder if you don&#39;t see the email.\n\nWebinar is open
  to all.\n\nPDH certificates are available and an evaluation form will be 
 emailed to you after the meeting. PDH certificate are sent by IEEE USA 3-4
  weeks after the meeting.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/471
 365
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/471365
ORGANIZER:ieee@gpamg.org
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SUMMARY:TIERA – Development of a Mobile Robot for Assembly and Repair in 
 Hazardous Environments
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/471365
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-
 font-weight: normal\;&quot;&gt;TIERA &amp;ndash\; Development of a Mobile Robot for As
 sembly and Repair in Hazardous Environments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNor
 mal&quot;&gt;TIERA is a versatile\, mobile robot that can conduct repair and assem
 bly operations in hazardous areas. The functionality and composition of th
 e robot are defined by the tasks we expect it to perform and the harsh env
 ironments we expect it to work in. We considered many environmental factor
 s in our design including radiation\, corrosion\, toxicity\, explosion\, b
 iohazard\, high voltage\, and extreme temperatures. High mobility was anot
 her key design feature for enabling the traversal of hazardous environment
 s. This contrasts with most industrial robots\, which are usually stationa
 ry and consist of a jointed arm attached to a fixed surface. We had to car
 efully consider how to make it possible for an expert operator to remotely
  control the robot from a safe location\, and subsequently designed the se
 nsory\, communication (WiFi and 4G)\, virtual reality\, and haptic feedbac
 k systems required for intuitive teleoperation. Additional key features of
  TIERA include:&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes\;&quot;&gt; &amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;bull\; Fanless embedded computer controll
 ing most of the robot&amp;rsquo\;s hardware&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes\;&quot;&gt; 
 &amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;bull\; Robotic manipulators and tools perform various r
 epair tasks&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes\;&quot;&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;bull\; Vision sy
 stem allowing operator to receive video feedback from robot&amp;rsquo\;s camer
 as&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\; &amp;nbsp\;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;bul
 l\; Sensors for getting information about the surrounding environment.&lt;/p&gt;
 \n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The main feature of TIERA&amp;rsquo\;s central control 
 system is integration of NI Linux Real-Time and CompactRIO with the flexib
 ility and features of ROS\, which generated many novel features for our ro
 bot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEBINAR:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;7:00 
 - 8:00 P.M.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The Zoom Webinar link and password will be forw
 arded to all registered participants after Noon on the day of the meeting.
  &lt;strong&gt;Check your spam folder if you don&#39;t see the email.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong
 &gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Webinar is open to all.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;PDH certificates are available a
 nd an evaluation form will be emailed to you after the meeting. PDH certif
 icate are sent by IEEE USA 3-4 weeks after the meeting.&lt;/p&gt;
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