Comau Laser Welding Robot
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 16 of April , 2008 at 3:00 am
This Comau SMART NH4 industrial welding robot has been fitted with some kind of spectacularly badass laser system which can instantly spot weld metal from over a meter away:
I want one for my patio. I’d use it to zap mosquitoes. Muahahahaha.
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Category: Industrial
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Comment by Tim
Made Wednesday, 16 of April , 2008 at 10:02 pm
That is definitely not something you want to step in front of accidently. It might burn a little.
Comment by Scott
Made Thursday, 17 of April , 2008 at 2:07 am
The laser itself wouldn’t necessarily need to be too “badass”. Any IR laser used for welding could be used so long as the optics for focusing the laser energy were properly tuned. It is likely the case that the robot laser head would need to keep a certain distance from the working surface to be most effective, any closer or any farther and it wouldn’t work so well.
-Scott