Waldo (device)

Waldo (device)

A waldo is a teleoperated manipulation device. Waldos are used to permit manipulation of items, such as a nuclear reactor's fuel rods, which are impossible to manipulate directly. The term Waldo comes from a story, Waldo, by Robert A. Heinlein.cite book
last =Zeleny
first =Milan
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title =Human systems management: Integrating Knowledge, Management
publisher =World Scientific
date =2005
location =
pages =page 142
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=Tbb3O5uigCAC&pg=PA142&dq=waldo+nuclear+teleoperated&lr=&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&sig=3hP0rWyQDRWq35cLUfWiS6NTgLc
doi =
id = ISBN:9810249136
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