A prototype detector robot is set up in a hallway at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) prior to a neutron test. The robots, being developed by researchers at PPPL and Princeton, recently demonstrated the ability to identify the source of nuclear radiation and whether it has been shielded to avoid detection. Shown from left: Harry Fetsch, science undergraduate laboratory intern, and Rob Goldston, co-principal investigator of the project.
Photo by Elle Starkman, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Nuclear warheads? This robot can find them
John Greenwald and Jeanne Jackson DeVoe, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Nov. 12, 2019 11:51 a.m.
Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots armed with smart detectors to support nuclear safeguards and verify arms-control agreements. The prototype of such robots, being developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University, recently demonstrated the ability to identify the source of nuclear radiation and whether it has been shielded to avoid detection.
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