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Combining robot kinematics and precise laser microstructuring

Laser mircostructuring process for 3d surface structuring.
© Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany.
Laser mircostructuring process for 3d surface structuring.
Laser structuring process with the laser processing and monitoring equipment installed in the KUKA flexibleCUBE robot cell.
© Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany.
Laser structuring process with the laser processing and monitoring equipment installed in the KUKA flexibleCUBE robot cell.
KUKA robot with installed laser scanner tool, measuring equipment and laser beam source.
© Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany.
KUKA robot with installed laser scanner tool, measuring equipment and laser beam source.

Did you know that flexible robot kinematics can be combined with highly precise laser structuring?

In the project “FOCUS” we develop a sensor-based position detection and control system to combine the best of two worlds: The flexibility of a commercial, cost-effective 6-axis robot and the precision of ultrashort pulsed microstructuring.

Project partners: Eschmann Textures International GmbH, ModuleWorks GmbH, EdgeWave GmbH, KUKA AG, IRT RWTH Aachen University