Autonomous, Flexible Robot for Welding Large Steel Structures (NOMAD)
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The overall objective of the NOMAD project was the development of an autonomous, flexible robotic welding system for large steel structure. The range of structures such a system can produce covers volumes of up to several cubic meters, weights of up to approximately 5 tons and material thicknesses of 3 to 50 mm. At present, such steel structures are either welded manually or in specially adapted robotic welding systems. Drawbacks of manual production are high costs, low output rate and varying quality.