本文简要介绍了在美国和加拿大运行的核燃料发电厂、化石燃料发电厂和水力发电厂中，由一系列机器人设备执行的监督、检查和维护应用任务的统计数据。这些统计数据是根据公用事业/制造商机器人用户组（U/M RUG）最近进行的一项调查得出的数据编制而成。迄今为止，超过2/3的运营核电站的国内电力公司（55家中的37家）已经在各种常规和紧急情况下经济高效地使用了机器人。昂贵的反应堆停工时间已被最小化，同时工人的辐射暴露也减少了。预计全世界使用机器人设备的公用事业公司数量将继续增加

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