Overview of Robotics and Automation
Technologies
April 22, 2015
presented by Cameron Ower
www.mdacorporation.com
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Focus of Robotics and Automation Business
• Development, integration and operation
of robotic solutions for unusual
environments and problems
• These often demanding safety, reliability
and performance requirements
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Unparalleled Track Record in Space Robotics
90 Space Shuttle Missions with Robotic Operations
12 years of ISS robotic assembly and maintenance
operations
Shuttle and ISS experience provides foundation for
the design and execution of future remotely
operated Servicing Solutions
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Building and maintaining the International Space
Station (ISS) from a Distance
Canadarm2
Space Station 2011
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57 foot arm that can ‘inchworm’ from place
to place
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designed to operate every day for 30
years in the hazardous space environment
Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
(“Dextre”)
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15 degrees of freedom robotic system that
is remotely controlled from earth to
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Space
Station
2001
perform regular maintenance on the ISS
previously only possible with EVA
“Dextre” the ISS
Repairman
astronauts
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Planetary Robotics - Remotely operated systems on the
last four NASA Exploration Landed Missions to Mars
Phoenix (2008): Manipulator & MET
MSL (2012 – present):
Manipulator & APXS
MER (2004 – present): Manipulator
ExoMars
Rover (2018)
present)
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Technology, Know-How and Experience Transfer
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Space Industry
Best Practices
Operations based design
Early risk mitigation
Disciplined test philosophy
- Must work first time
Remote mission operation
centre procedures and
protocols
Contingency planning
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Robotics Enhancing Human Capability
• Operate on a scale not humanly
possible
• Operate in environments not
humanly possible
• Operate in a time-frame not humanly
possible
• Process or integrate information on a
scale not humanly possible
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neuroArm
Extending the performance of
neurosurgeons
Real time imagery, haptics
(sense of touch) and intuitive 3D
MR data manipulation and
display provide tele-presence to
the surgeon
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Synaptive Medical – BrightMatter DriveTM
Port-based Neurosurgery
Current State of the Art - Manual
Positioning of Exoscope
Automatic Positioning of Neurosurgery Tools (e.g. ExoScope) with BrightMatter DriveTM
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Nuclear Reactor Inspection/Servicing
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In 2006, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) selected
MDA to develop custom robotics to inspect and
service the Pickering A CANDU Reactors (in the
Calandria Vault) without the need to expose
personnel to the very high radiation environment
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OPG’s goal was to reach a decision for the degree
of life extension possible for the Pickering A
Reactors without the need for refurbishment of key
components under very challenging conditions =>
Successfully deployed in 2010
Precision
placement of
Ultrasonnic
Inspection
Tools
High pressure
air/water
Tool
Calandria Vault Inspection/Servicing
System
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Enhanced Perception of CBRNE Hazards
(EPOCH) – Enabling Faster First Response
ICOR Caliber Robot
Building Floor Plan with Radiation Source
System
in the mockup reactor
Operator View of Live Instrument Display, Drive Camera View and Real-Time
Map Display and Localization
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Enhanced Perception of CBRNE Hazards
(EPOCH) – Enabling Faster First Response
Trajectory Information
Preliminary Results
Showing Comparison of
Current Practice with
EPOCH Enhancement
Analytics for rad source localization
Configuration
Find the
source
[min]
Return
home
[min]
Total
[min]
Current practice
8.8
6.3
15.1
+ Robot location
9.4
3.5
12.9
+ Source locations
4.6
3.4
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System in the mockup reactor
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Autonomous Guidance Navigation and Control in
Unstructured and Structured Environments
Autonomous GN&C in Unstructured Lunar/Mars Environments without GPS
Atlas Copco’s Scooptram Automation – MDA
Developed AutoTram teach and repeat Operations
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