Year
2014
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary measurement results using a wireless robot. Our objective is to measure detector response for moving source-detector configurations. The measurements are performed in two different modes i.e. manual (v= 0 m/s) and robot running at 1.22m/s; for two different configurations: in the first, a detector is placed on a moving robot and in the other, the source is placed on a moving robot. Count rates are recorded as a function of position data, and then peak count rate is determined, which indicates the presence of radiation source. Due to the speed of the robot the peak count rate decreased by 250 times of the theoretical cps. If the survey meter detector and the source are facing each other then we get good count rate. This method is appropriate for the sources having activity above thousand cps. The robot has a wireless range limited to 30 feet. Thus, this method is an economic setup suitable for indicating low radiation in small campuses.