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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
John David Randolph, Maryville, TN (US);
Peter Downes Lloyd, Knoxville, TN (US);
Lonnie Joe Love, Knoxville, TN (US);
Dong Soo Kwon, Taejon, KR;
James Allen Blank, Knoxville, TN (US);
Hurley Thomas Davis, Dublin, OH (US);
U T Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing a task in a confined space having an access port. The apparatus comprise: a confinement box securable to the access port of the confined space; a shell extending from the confinement box; a teleoperated arm movable between a retracted position, in which the teleoperated arm is disposed within the shell, and a deployed position, in which the teleoperated arm extends through the access port and into the confined space to perform the task; and a control system for commanding the teleoperated arm. The arm links and joint connectors of the teleoperated arm assembly are the conduits for the process