RoboTurb

RoboTurb
Type	Welding robot
Purpose	Turbine blade repair

Last updated March 01, 2026

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.^[1]

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.

References

↑ Simas, Henrique; Golin, Julio Feller; Pieri, Edson Roberto De; Martins, Daniel (2012). "Development of an automated system for cavitation repairing in rotors of large hydroelectric plants". 2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI). pp. 39–44. doi:10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473372. ISBN 978-1-4673-4587-3. S2CID 13800925.

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.

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[1] Simas, Henrique; Golin, Julio Feller; Pieri, Edson Roberto De; Martins, Daniel (2012). "Development of an automated system for cavitation repairing in rotors of large hydroelectric plants". 2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI). pp. 39–44. doi:10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473372. ISBN 978-1-4673-4587-3. S2CID 13800925.

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