The Transfer Cask System(TCS) is one of the remote handling systems that will operate in ITER, transporting heavy and highly activated in-vessel components between the Tokamak Building and the Hot Cell Building. A motion planning methodology for the TCS was developed, providing smooth paths that maximize the clearance to obstacles and that incorporate manoeuvres whenever necessary. This paper presents the results of the TCS planning algorithm with trajectories computed for nominal operations. The length of the journey, the velocity, the time duration, and the risk of collision were evaluated individually for each trajectory. A summary of all results, conclusions and future work are presented and discussed.
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