Genenta-backed Sòphia High Tech unveils ROMAN robotic arm for nuclear fusion reactor maintenance

• Genenta-backed Sòphia High Tech unveiled ROMAN, a robotic arm built to inspect and maintain the RFX-mod2 nuclear fusion research machine.
• ROMAN enables remote work on the reactor’s innermost wall in an environment where plasma reaches about 20 million°C.
• The system’s end-effector can remove, reinstall graphite tiles, perform visual inspection, perform cleaning.
• Sòphia High Tech led development, manufacturing, assembly, testing, integration with Herobots, University Federico II’s industrial engineering department, Consorzio RFX.
• The project extends Sòphia High Tech’s aerospace precision engineering into nuclear energy infrastructure, supporting Genenta’s planned shift toward the Saentra Forge platform.

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