Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has deployed five Boston Dynamics Spot robots throughout their Enterprise Innovation division. This quadruped robot dog can spin, walk, climb, take 360-degree video, and even put on a dance show, all the while being controlled by an intuitive tablet application.
OPG wanted to see if Spot’s dexterous arm could be used to assist in tripping and racking out a 600 volt breaker, which is typically an activity at high risk for a dangerous arc flash. Boston Dynamics engineers decided to help them out by fully automating the procedure. That’s right, Spot can now perform the entire operation autonomously, with a human issuing high level commands to keep it out of harm’s way.
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While Spot performed the job flawlessly, this was only made possible due to thorough job preparation and planning from the maintainers, operators, and engineers behind it. Implementing tech like Spot in Renewable Generation has the potential to significantly reduce the number of trips made to remote generating stations, and as a direct result reduce travel risks and lessen vehicle emissions,” said Neil Mohan, Assistant Maintenance Manager at Darlington Nuclear GS.
