RoboTurb is a welding robot used to repair turbine blades developed at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. It is a redundant robot with a flexible rail. The Roboturb project started in 1998 at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina initially with the support of the Brazilian Government and the public power utility company COPEL – Companhia Paranaense de Energia Eletrica. Three phases followed, and now the project is mainly maintained by another public power utility company FURNAS – Furnas Centrais Eletricas.
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External links RoboTurb Project (2004). The Roboturb Project Archived 2004-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. In Portuguese Retrieved Dec. 5, 2004. Robotics Laboratory at UFSC. Robotics laboratory Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved Oct. 12, 2006.