This autonomous maintenance will be critical if fusion powerplants are to offer a viable source of near-limitless clean energy in the future.
In a world-first, a self-driving robot has been used to carry out inspections inside a fusion energy facility. This autonomous maintenance will be critical if fusion power plants are to offer a viable source of clean energy in the future.Nuclear fusion is the process that our sun uses to make energy. It involves the smashing together of two atoms with such force that they combine into a single, larger atom, releasing huge amounts of energy along the way.
Atomic Energy Authority Joint European Taurus Facility, which was one of the largest and most powerful fusion research machines in the world before its scientific operational shutdown earlier this year. The project was undertaken in collaboration with the University of Oxford's Oxford Robotics Institute.'This test verified that autonomous robots can conduct inspections regularly for long periods,' the UKAEA spokesperson said.
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