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Is there a barrier to powering it with mechanical energy instead of electronic? Gas combustion and hydraulics instead of batteries, CPUs, and servomotors.
by HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
Is there a barrier to powering it with mechanical energy instead of electronic? Gas combustion and hydraulics instead of batteries, CPUs, and servomotors.
- pathartl 2y agoI wonder if there's an issue with exhaust and radiation, like not wanting irradiated gas to escape into the atmosphere more than it already is.
- patmorgan23 2y agoAnd control it how?
- andrewflnr 2y agoFiber optic endoscope for the view, and manual mechanical controls. A big fat umbilical does reduce the mobility options a bit, granted, but it sounds/looks like they're already resigned to something along those lines with their '“telesco-style” extendable pipe robot'.
- HPsquared 2y agoIf they don't care about going slow, they could reduce the wire count massively using a relay multiplexer. One input/output at a time.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoCamera broadcast and remote control vehicles existed before the invention of the microchip. You don't need a computer.
- gibolt 2y agoThe brains are the issue, not the power source. If you operators can't see what is happening/control it, or the onboard autonomous mode glitches, you're gonna have a bad day.
- HPsquared 2y agoVacuum tubes and remote control. https://diakont.com/nuclear-services/radiation-tolerant-cctv-system/ https://diakont.com/nuclear-services/radiation-tolerant-cctv...
- saalweachter 2y agoRadiation affects cameras.
- misnome 2y agoMaybe there might be radiation-hardened or tolerant cameras one could use?
- sandworm101 2y agoEndoscopes. A bundle of fiberoptic passively moves the image a few meters back to where a camera can run outside of the high radiation. Or even older-school, use mirrors/lenses/prisms as one would in a submarine's periscope to move the image far enough away.
- distortionfield 2y agoDid you even look at the link? Lol, they are selling specifically radiation hardened cameras for nuclear power plant use. I’m no nuclear engineer so I can’t comment on durability but they are legitimately selling a solution to exactly that problem.