LaserSnake2 - Laser Cutting Trials at TWI - May 2016

The LaserSnake system has successfully completed its second set of laser cutting trials at TWI. The snake-arm robot combined with the ULO laser process head has shown itself to be a versatile system for in-situ nuclear decommissioning tasks.

[@laserprocessing]

This is Brilliant! I want one

[@dimitar4y]

This robo-arm is totally awesome, and after some fine tuning, I could see it being used in nearly every industry! It certainly looks cheaper and more versatile than most CNC-styled robo-arms out today.

[@t43562]

In theory could one scale this up to e.g. the size of the space station arm? At least would it be able to take similar loads etc if you did?

[@t43562]

hmm, I suppose the idea would be to stick one of these on the end of the existing arm...