Recent progress in CdZnTe based room temperature detectors for nuclear radiation monitoring

MD Alam, SS Nasim, S Hasan - Progress in nuclear energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
CdZnTe (CZT) has attracted a lot of attention for room temperature radiation detection by
fulfilling a number of diverse and stringent requirements owing to its advantages over …

A coverage path planning approach for autonomous radiation map** with a mobile robot

NA Abd Rahman, KSM Sahari… - … Journal of Advanced …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In nuclear and radiation-related industries, it is crucial to ensure that the radiation dose
exposure to the radiation worker is maintained below the permissible dose limit. A radiation …

Localization of ionizing radiation sources by cooperating micro aerial vehicles with pixel detectors in real-time

P Štibinger, T Báča, M Saska - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We provide a complex software package allowing the user to deploy multiple ionizing
radiation sources and detectors modeled after the Timepix miniature pixel detector. The …

Experimental evaluation and characterization of radioactive source effects on robot visual localization and map**

ES Lee, G Loianno, D Thakur… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots are ideally suited to performing simple tasks in dangerous environments. In this
letter, we address the use of robots for inspection of nuclear reactors which may be …

[HTML][HTML] Real-Time Gamma Radioactive Source Localization by Data Fusion of 3D-LiDAR Terrain Scan and Radiation Data from Semi-Autonomous UAV Flights

S Schraml, M Hubner, P Taupe, M Hofstätter, P Amon… - Sensors, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Rapid and accurate reconnaissance in the event of radiological and nuclear (RN) incidents
or attacks is vital to launch an appropriate response. This need is made stronger by the …

Distributed information-based source seeking

T Zhang, V Qin, Y Tang, N Li - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we design an information-based multirobot source seeking algorithm where a
group of mobile sensors localizes and moves close to a single source using only local range …

An autonomous clutter inspection approach for radiological survey using mobile robot

NA Abd Rahman, KSM Sahari… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the event of a radiological emergency, scattered clutters around the accident sites should
be thoroughly inspected as they are potentially contaminated and require proper safety …

Towards a semi-autonomous robot platform for the characterisation of radiological environments

D De Schepper, I Dekker, M Simons… - … on Safety, Security …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the last decades, the (partial) automation of tasks during the dismantling and
decommissioning of potentially nuclear contaminated environments has become of …

[HTML][HTML] Localizing multiple radiation sources actively with a particle filter

T Lazna, L Zalud - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2025‏ - Elsevier
We discuss the localization of radiation sources whose number and other relevant
parameters are not known in advance. The data collection is ensured by an autonomous …

Fully distributed and resilient source seeking for robot swarms

J Bautista, A Acuaviva, J Hinojosa, W Yao… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
We propose a self-contained, resilient and fully distributed solution for locating the maximum
of an unknown 3D scalar field using a swarm of robots that travel at constant speeds. Unlike …