Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

RAS technology has many applications in demanding, hazardous and confined environments in industries such as nuclear, aerospace and fusion, where humans currently conduct 100% of inspections and interventions directly. There are significant drivers for using RAS technology in nuclear and aerospace environments, including reduced costs, increased productio...

With the current nuclear liability of £117billion with -20%/+100% errors bars, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority needs a generic safer, faster, cheaper decommissioning toolkit for high hazard facilities. Remote decommissioning tools of the past have typically been expensive, bespoke and unreliable systems that have been quickly abandoned. With a focus...

Throughout the UK and global nuclear markets, there are numerous and substantial long-reach challenges in asset integrity and decommissioning sectors which require new & disruptive technology. REACH is developing an innovative solution for long-reach remote access in Plant Life Extension (PLEX) and nuclear decommissioning markets. PLEX, driven by security...

This project will develop an autonomous scout rover system, for scanning and mapping of a nuclear environment as a part of decommissioning effort. The scout rover is an intelligent autonomous machine capable of conducting operations without human interaction, with the long term goal of making decommissioning of nuclear sites safer and quicker. The innovat...

Speedsnake will be a new snake-arm robot from the established world-leader in the technology, OC Robotics. This project will enable the development of a new and innovative high-speed snake-arm robot for aviation manufacturing. Speedsnake will be used to carry process tooling for automation of manufacturing processes inside aircraft structures such as wing...

We aim to create a novel semi-autonomous teleoperation experience using modern virtual reality tools. We will build on Shadow Robot’s autonomous dexterous grasping capabilities, Cambrian’s teleoperation control platform and OC Robotics flexible snake arm robots, to take advantage of significant RAS, teleoperation research and equipment at UCL to build a n...

Taking “inspection to the limit” this project explores the feasibility of robotic inspection of offshore Oil and Gas pressure vessels by using a snake-arm robot, designed to operate in vessels on land, and considers requirements for offshore deployment. Objectives include adapting the system to be robust and suitable for the restricted access encountered ...

There is currently an industry-wide drive to reduce aircraft construction time, whilst increasing the quality of manufacture and lowering costs. Removing workers from confined spaces, such as wing-boxes, is also a target throughout the aerospace sector. This project addresses these key elements by considering the automation of sealant deposition. Previous...

Nuclear sites require regular maintenance to replace and/or repair corroded/deteriorated pipes. A result of the challenging environment, confined space and limited external access is that external orbital cutting and welding processes are not viable for many applications, and, consequently, in-bore remote processing has generated significant interest in r...

Decommissioning costs will be impacted by the quality of data that can be captured in the planning stages of a typical project. 'What are we dealing with?' is often the first question asked by the decommissioing team. The primary challenge is to identify the location of any radiation sources. An ideal solution would be to have a complete and accurate, hig...

Awaiting Public Project Summary

Perhaps surprisingly, the assembly of aircraft has been unable to use automation to increase rate and reduce costs, especially in comparison with the automotive industry. This is due to the low manufacturing volumes and the size of the structures which mitigate against achieving the high manufacturing tolerances and repeatability that are pre-requisites f...