GOBIE is an innovative remote-controlled equipment for clean-up and dismantling sites. Until now, the operations to recover old bitumen casks stored in the casemates of the CEA's Marcoule liquid effluent treatment station were carried out using trolleys fitted for a nuclear environment called "rascasses". These "rascasses" have many disadvantages: the presence of a mandatory driver, heavy equipment (19 t), a cart that is difficult to manoeuvre, with limited visibility and which limits production time to 1.5 hours per day.
The GOBIE robot, together with the MURENE robot, meets a need to improve these operations and make them more efficient and safer. It is a "super hoover" whose function is to ensure the sanitation of work areas. With a suction power of 300 m3/hour and an autonomy of 6 hours, this autonomous machine, controlled by wifi, allows the cleaning of casemate floors by suction and packaging in cans.
The use of new types of machines allows the transition from a "piloted" mode to a "remotely operated" mode, with a notable improvement in safety during the implementation of A&D work sites.