Patent Number: 052979172
Section: claims

1. A method for remote control of a mobile robot carriage in an underground gallery connected to the surface by a shaft provided with an elevator for carrying said mobile robot carriage during vertical ascent and descent of the elevator and permitting deep storage of radioactive waste, said method comprising: providing a plurality of waveguides running from a control station including a signal generator and a signal receiver and situated on a surface above the underground gallery by disposing: at least one first waveguide at said surface extending from the control station to an entrance to the shaft;  at least one second waveguide along the shaft and connected at a top end of paid record waveguide to the first waveguide;  and at least one third waveguide along the gallery and connected to the second waveguide in the vicinity of an entrance to the gallery; and wherein  said method further comprises transmitting control signals from said control station at said surface, to said robot carriage for controlling movement of the robot carriage from said control station;  said control signals travelling via said first waveguide during travel of the robot carriage over the surface;  said control signals travelling via said first waveguide and said second waveguide during loading of the robot carriage into the elevator and during lowering of the robot carriage down the shaft by descent of the elevator; and,  said control signals travelling via said first waveguide, said second waveguide and said third waveguide during unloading of the robot carriage from the elevator at a level of the gallery and during movement of the robot carriage along the gallery.  waveguide and said elevator; and  said elevator is further fitted with a waveguide for providing a signal connection between said elevator and said carriage during carriage transport by the elevator, wherein said method further comprises the step of controlling the movement of the robot carriage from the elevator into the entrance to the gallery after the vertical descent of the elevator from the surface to the level of the gallery.  transmitting control signals from said control station at said surface to said robot carriage within said gallery for controlling transport of the radioactive loads along said gallery. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said elevator is fitted with an antenna providing a signal connection between the second 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said robot carriage includes a front antenna and a rear antenna each carriage antenna providing signal connections between the carriage and the first waveguide or the third waveguide. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the carriage further comprises means for transporting radioactive loads, and means for discharging said radioactive loads in the gallery, and said method further comprises; 5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the carriage further includes an antenna for receiving and transmitting signals between the carriage and the control station, said carriage further comprises means for measuring the temperature of loads within said load transporting means.