NUCLEAR MANIPULATION, REENGINEERED.

High-dexterity robotic manipulation with protected actuation to reduce operator exposure, maintenance and lifecycle costs.

THE CHALLENGE

REMOTE HANDLING HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH NUCLEAR OPERATIONS.

Critical tasks still rely on manual intervention and ageing telemanipulators, limiting productivity and driving up operating and maintenance costs.

The Fluid Wire robotic platform reduces operator exposure, simplifies maintenance and lowers lifecycle costs.

ARCHITECTURE

PROTECTED ELECTRIC ACTUATION. PASSIVE MANIPULATION.

Motors, sensors and electronics are protected inside the Actuation Box. Sealed Fluid Wires transmit precise electric actuation to a lightweight robotic platform in the nuclear environment.

Electric performance, with less exposed complexity, maintenance and lifecycle cost.

01 EXTERNAL

ACTUATION BOX

Motors, sensors and electronics remain inside a protected, accessible enclosure outside the hazardous zone.

02 TRANSMISSION

FLUID WIRES

Sealed fluidic transmissions carry motion and force from the actuation box to each robotic joint.

03 INTERNAL

PASSIVE ARM

The arm contains no onboard motors or electronics, reducing environmental exposure and maintenance complexity.

KEY ADVANTAGES

BUILT AROUND
NUCLEAR CONSTRAINTS.

REDUCED HUMAN EXPOSURE

Remote operation from outside dose-intensive areas
Less hands-on intervention in hazardous tasks

ELECTRONICS-FREE EXPOSED ARM

No motors, sensors or electronics in the exposed arm
Critical components remain shieldable and serviceable

FORCE-CONTROLLABLE MANIPULATION

Precise force and motion control
Controlled interaction with tools and components

LOWER LIFECYCLE COMPLEXITY

Accessible and modular actuation components
Less maintenance, downtime and lifecycle cost

Application

GLOVEBOX AUTOMATION

Robotic manipulation for repetitive fuel-cycle, radiochemistry and laboratory workflows inside constrained environments.

Application

HOT-CELL MANIPULATION

Remote handling and maintenance inside radiation-intensive cells and shielded laboratories.

CONFIGURED FOR YOUR FACILITY.

From reach and payload to mounting, end-effectors and control modes, each system is configured around the operating environment and task.

REACH

Configurable by workspace geometry and task profile

DEGREES OF FREEDOM

Scalable joint configuration and DoF count

END-EFFECTORS

Task-specific tooling — grippers, cutters, samplers, inspection

FACILITY INTERFACE

Glovebox ports, hot-cell penetrations, custom mounts

CONTROL MODES

Fully Autonomous · Learning by Demonstration · Teleoperation

VALIDATION ROADMAP

FROM ENVIRONMENTAL VALIDATION
TO NUCLEAR PILOTS.

Fluid Wire technology has been validated under radiation and high-temperature conditions relevant to nuclear applications. FWR is now progressing from environmental validation to task-level demonstrations and pilot deployments.

VALIDATED

RADIATION & HIGH-TEMPERATURE TESTING

Fluid Wire architecture operated under gamma radiation up to 1.5 MGy and temperatures above 180 °C, with no functional degradation.

IN PROGRESS

FULL-SYSTEM MOCK-UP DEMONSTRATIONS

FWR is now validating complete robotic systems in representative glovebox and hot-cell mock-ups, including force control, payload handling, and decontaminability.

TARGET

NUCLEAR-ENVIRONMENT DEPLOYMENT

Full robotic system operating and performing representative tasks in a nuclear-relevant environment..

SOLUTIONS TRUSTED BY LEADERS

GET IN TOUCH

READY TO ASSESS A NUCLEAR ROBOTICS USE CASE ?

Share the task, operating environment and facility constraints with the Fluid Wire Robotics nuclear team.