Case Study
Snake-Arm Robot And High-Power Laser Integration LaserSnake
OC Robotics and TWI Ltd have combined a snake-arm robot with a 5kW laser to enable a selective, remote-controlled approach to dismantling and decommissioning complex structures in hazardous and confined nuclear environments. DEFINE Reaching the unreachable Objectives Integrate a high powered laser with a snake- arm robot to demonstrate: • Remote single-sided cutting using a fibre laser • Non-mechanical, non-contact cutting process • Cutting a