Prototype robots autonomously strip paint from aircraft using lasers
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Preparing an aircraft for paint removal
The robot base unit
Sensors allow the arm to glide evenly over the plane’s surface
Close up of an arm following the wing surface
Team of robots decoating a cargo plane
The continuous wave laser
Mobile robot teams
Interface for visual masking
Rear view of robot base unit
Manipulator arm following the wing surface
Manipulator arm deploys
Mobile robotics base
Coating removal system
Sensors and laser pain remover on end of arm
Detecting bare and painted areas
Article Summary
If you think stripping paint off an end table can be a messy, time consuming job, imagine removing paint and other coatings from an aircraft like the C-130 transport plane. Tasked with developing a robotic system that would take such a chore out of the hands of maintenance personnel, Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, developed a team of robots that gets the job done – using laser beams, no less.
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