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ROMAN

ROMAN is a serial robotic manipulator developed by Sòphia High Tech for remote inspection and maintenance inside the RFX-mod2 nuclear-fusion research machi...

Facts

Company
Sòphia High Tech
Product type
industrial_robot
Status
delivered
Website
https://www.sophiahightech.com/en/roman/

About ROMAN

ROMAN is a remotely operated serial manipulator developed by Sòphia High Tech for the NEFERTARI programme. It is designed to enter the RFX-mod2 nuclear-fusion research machine through twelve access ports and reach the first-wall sections that require inspection, cleaning or maintenance. Its custom end-effector can grasp, remove and reinstall the graphite tiles that form the machine's inner wall.

Sòphia High Tech was responsible for mechanical design, kinematic and structural analysis, manufacturing, surface treatment, metrology, assembly, testing and integration. HeRobots developed the arm's automation and kinematic control with the University of Naples. Sòphia supplied two ROMAN units to the university's Department of Industrial Engineering in March 2026. The evidence establishes a delivered project platform, with no generally orderable catalogue offer identified.

Market context

NEFERTARI, robot_system, custom first-wall graphite-tile handling tool, products/sophia-high-tech-roman/roman-official-product-2026-03-04.jpg, remote_operation, RFX-mod2, robotics_assets, 2, hazardous-environment remote inspection and maintenance, https://www.sophiahightech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ROMAN_Sophia.jpg, Unaltered official Sòphia High Tech product photograph copied to Korthos-managed storage because the source host rejects direct hotlink requests., https://www.sophiahightech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ROMAN_Sophia.jpg, University of Naples Federico II, Department of Industrial Engineering, stationary_manipulator, industrial_robot

Summary

Type: Nuclear manipulator

Core: Custom end-effector

Function: Remote maintenance

Audience: Fusion researchers

Operations

Environment
nuclear fusion research facility, hazardous enclosed machinery
Primary user
Fusion research engineers
Role
Remote inspection, cleaning and graphite-tile maintenance inside RFX-mod2
Interaction model
Remotely operated
Mobility class
Stationary serial manipulator
Product detail
NEFERTARI, robot_system, custom first-wall graphite-tile handling tool, products/sophia-high-tech-roman/roman-official-product-2026-03-04.jpg, remote_operation, RFX-mod2, robotics_assets, 2, hazardous-environment remote inspection and maintenance, https://www.sophiahightech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ROMAN_Sophia.jpg, Unaltered official Sòphia High Tech product photograph copied to Korthos-managed storage because the source host rejects direct hotlink requests., https://www.sophiahightech...

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