Forth Engineering (Cumbria) Limited

The NAVCAM project aims to design and build a flexible camera head which can have its shape and direction of travel manipulated remotely. To achieve this, Forth Engineering will develop a soft robotic, pneumatic muscle which will support a camera sensor. The pneumatic muscle and the camera head will be supported by a tether providing electrical and pneuma...

To develop, embed and exploit advanced mechatronics and control systems expertise for application in bespoke robotic solutions for extreme environments.

Pressure vessels are safety critical infrastructure, present across many industries such as oil and gas, nuclear, petrochemical and aerospace. Assuring the safety of these ageing assets is increasingly important, as there have been many fatal failures in the past. This is affected via regular assessments of fitness for service, which are regulated by exac...

On-going nuclear decommissioning activities in the UK currently cost £3 billion per year and it is estimated that nearly 5 million tonnes of new waste are still to be generated from future decommissioning work spanning the next 100 years. Over 90% of this waste will be categorised as low-level waste (LLW) and its efficient separation from waste with a hig...

"UK policy targets 15% green power generation by 2020 and 57% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030\. This has led to a significant growth in installed wind power capacity within the last decade (especially in offshore wind power in the UK) to 18.9 GW in the UK and 539 GW globally. The UK market has multiplied 10-fold, supplying 5.4% of the UK's electricity ...

Pressure vessels are considered safety critical infrastructure and are present across many industries such as oil and gas, nuclear, petrochemical etc. Assuring the safety of these ageing assets is increasingly important for these industries as there have been many fatal failures in the past. Internal pressure vessel inspection has significant cost and hea...

Underwater robots are increasingly utilised for commercial and scientific applications to make measurements and interact with the underwater environment. The A2I2 (Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention) robots will operate in hazardous underwater environments, for offshore renewables, oil and gas, and nuclear applications. Two specific interventi...

"Steel pipelines corrode due to of the nature of the liquids they contain. Also, cracks can form over time leading to failure and leakage of the contents, resulting in severe economic losses and environmental pollution. To avoid this, inspection, evaluation, and repair activities are performed periodically. Internal cracks and areas of corrosion and metal...

To embed and exploit advanced acoustic communications and positioning expertise to build, evaluate and deploy the AVEXIS underwater exploration vehicles for application in the monitoring and characterization of wet nuclear storage facilities.

This project aims to develop a remote mobile cutting and retrieval platform for the decommissioning of legacy storage facilities based around a robotic spider. Access to the storage facilities is often limited, so a robot which can move around and retrieve the waste would speed up the process. It is envisaged that such a vehicle could be used in both dry ...

To embed and exploit advanced electronics and robotics expertise to design, build and test a robotic spider (octopod) that can be used in the monitoring and decommissioning of both dry and wet nuclear storage facilities.