Demo Glove Box Dismantlement: Houdini

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Demonstration Information

Technology Name: Houdini

Demonstration Name:Glove Box Dismantlement | Demonstrated on: 8/22/2000
Demonstration Site: Applied Research Center (formerly HCET)

Demo Objective

Evaluate the technology cutting capability and safety.

Demo Results

Technology is mobile and easy to operate. Redzone was not able to perform any size reduction on any of the FIU-HCET surrogates set as mock ups. Cutting tools selected by RedZone were not suitable to size reduce the glove box

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	Houdini with Power Hawk ® end effector inside containment.
	Master control arm

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Contact Information

Dr. Leonel Lagos
Phone : (305) 348 1810
Email :lagosl@fiu.edu

Documents

Houdini Final Report.pdf (Posted: 09/16/2002)
Description: Human Factors Assessment Report

Houdini.pdf (Posted: 10/23/2002)
Description: Technology Assessment Summary

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