Graphical Representation of Knowledge (GROK) Laboratory and Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s Science & Technology Center.
Pioneer deploys sensors and sampling equipment and includes a bulldozer blade for displacing and removing radioactive debris, and a mapper for creating photorealistic 3D models of the building’s interior. The system also includes a core borer for cutting and retrieving samples of structural materials and a group of radiation and environmental sensors. The system is modular so that components can be replaced easily while workers are in radiation protection suits. It’s modeled after a machine developed by RedZone that is cleaning up nuclear waste storage tanks for the DoE at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.