RoboTurb

RoboTurb is a welding robot used to repair turbine blades developed at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. It is a redundant robot with a flexible rail.[1]

The Roboturb project started in 1998 at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina initially with the support of the Brazilian Government and the public power utility company COPEL – Companhia Paranaense de Energia Eletrica.

Three phases followed, and now the project is mainly maintained by another public power utility company FURNAS – Furnas Centrais Eletricas.

References

  1. Simas, Henrique; Golin, Julio Feller; Pieri, Edson Roberto De; Martins, Daniel (2012). "Development of an automated system for cavitation repairing in rotors of large hydroelectric plants". 2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI): 39–44. doi:10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473372. ISBN 978-1-4673-4587-3. S2CID 13800925.


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