UKAEA Awarded Herobots Contract for Enhanced Control of Flexible Long Reach Manipulators
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · Awarded contract
AwardedUKAEA Awarded Herobots Contract for Enhanced Control of Flexible Long Reach Manipulators
Awarded 09 Mar 2022
Awarded09 Mar 2022
Value£150,000.00
SupplierHerobots
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 3y 3mo ago1y 5mo term
Awarded 9 Mar 2022Expired 13 Aug 2023
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority awarded a contract to Herobots for services to deliver innovation in order to develop enhancements in controls of flexible long reach manipulators.
The work involved close collaboration with the UKAEA team throughout delivery.
The outputs included a system demonstration of the predefined use case, a report detailing novel and innovative elements of work, source code and designs associated with novel elements, and a report showing test and validation results in relation to proposed performance enhancements.
The contract value was AUD 150,000.
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UKAEA Awarded Herobots Contract for Enhanced Control of Flexible Long Reach Manipulators
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