Hazardous environment robots are particularly at home in the fields of robotics, Industry and Factory 4.0 as well as Sustainability and Environment 4.0. These specialised machines are used to perform tasks in hazardous environments where humans would be at great risk. Typical locations are places with extreme temperatures, toxic chemicals, radioactive radiation or risk of collapse.
The most important goal of hazardous environment robots is to protect human life. They can work remotely or autonomously and, for example, search destroyed buildings for survivors, clean up chemical accidents or carry out maintenance work in nuclear power plants.
An illustrative example: After a fire in a chemical plant, the air can be so toxic that firefighters are not allowed to intervene directly. Instead, Hazardous Environment Robots can drive into the hall, analyse the situation there, collect measured values and even initiate initial extinguishing measures - all without endangering people.
Companies are investing more and more in this technology because it prevents accidents at work, reduces operational downtime and helps to develop safer and more environmentally friendly processes. The use of hazardous environment robots is therefore increasingly becoming standard in modern, safe industrial operations.
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