Flexible and Reconfigurable Laser Processing Tool-FlexLase

激光加工在先进制造业中被广泛使用，主要使用传统(基于数控的)机床。许多关键的激光加工，如航空航天部件的钻孔，都需要达到低于25微米的位置精度，这在现有的机器人配置中是不可能实现的。FlexLase项目旨在开发一种位置精度低于25微米的柔性机器人系统，使用一种新的视觉系统和实时激光光束位置控制。与当前/替代技术相比，最终的FlexLase系统将是高度灵活、负担得起和高度可重新配置的。

Laser processing is extensively used in advanced manufacturing, mostly using conventional (CNC-based) machine tools. Many critical laser processes, such as drilling of aerospace components, are required to achieve positional accuracy less than 25µm, which is not possible using existing robot configurations. FlexLase project aims to develop a flexible robotic system with positional accuracy less than 25 microns, using a novel vision system and a real-time laser beam position control. The final FlexLase system will be highly flexible, affordable and highly reconfigurable compared to current/alternative technologies.