CERN – LESS Robot
Robot Development for Laser Engineered Surface Structures in the CERN Large Hadron Collider
Robot Development for Laser Engineered Surface Structures in the CERN Large Hadron Collider
This robot – based on the FAST platform – is capable of cleaning, grinding, polishing and even painting hard to reach & access areas.
Based on camera images the exact weld center position is calculated and correction factors are sent to the motor controllers. With this information the robot can follow the weld precisely.
The concentration of hydrocarbons is measured continuously by the gas detector by sampling through a long tube which is integrated in the umbilical cable.
A 3D Laser Range Finder on a robot creates 3D pointclouds. These pointclouds are stitched and additional sensor data is used to localize the robot in 3D space.