LaserPipe addresses this problem by combining a robotic snake based on OC Robotics' Series II X125 arm with a laser-welding head powered through a fiberoptic cable by a remote laser generator.

From the archive: Just so you know, this article is more than 2 years old. External links and some functionality may no longer work.

into TIG and laser welding, but also other processes such as plasma cutting and thermal spraying. “I’m also seeing adoption of welding automation with collaborative robots in metal fabrication ...

A new laser-welding ‘robotic snake’ developed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority has shown it can operate inside of fusion energy powerplant pipework. The £2.7m, seven-year project by UKAEA’s RACE ...

one-armed welding robot equipped with a laser for an eye—to work right alongside a person. And instead of Spitfire taking orders from Dawson-Haggerty, the team tended to work the other way ...

Cobot Systems’ Laser Welding Cobot. Just a few years after the launch of cobot welding systems, the availability of these systems for manufacturing applications continues to broaden with news from ...

Laser welding is on the advance, but it also has its limits: it has been impossible to fuse two transparent plastic components together -- up until now. Researchers have now succeeded in ...