Talk:Remote handling
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As a contributor to the first entry for defining 'remote handling' I feel that the most recent version at the top level does not convey the breadth necessary to distinguish remote handling from its related fields. In my experience (of over 25 years in remote handling) it is not any one of 'teleoperation', 'telepresence', 'telerobotics', 'robotics' or 'remote manipulation' - nor is it a 'system' for remote manipulation. In my view its essence is that it is the integration of all the contributing remote manipulation technologies together with remote operations organisational, management and statutory elements. I'd like therefore to reinstate the original definition. As to whether this page reads like an advertisement I'm not sure how to respond. We introduced this page because although remote manipulation has been around for many years (well over a 100 years if you look at the UK industrial revolution archives) and various teams have conducted 'remote operations' we believe that 'remote handling' in the context defined here is a very recent development. It can be likened it to the development of 'systems engineering' in the 1960's when the aerospace industry put together a range of disciplines (technology and management based) in order to deal with the ever increasing technical complexity of aircraft and the commercial (time and cost) demands of the market. In the case of remote handling we think it important and relevant to define and distinguish it in the way indicated here in order to recognise it as a discipline. I'm very interested to hear other viewpoints and debate.
