Thanks for the video!
It has nothing to do with your independence day but watching the video about "no answer, we find one", it reminded me of when I worked on the world's first laser robot, which was the brainchild of a partnership between an Israeli and an Irish company.
I don't remember whether the robot part or the laser part was attributed to the Israelis or the Irish. We used it to cut holes for roof racks in the tops of Ford Explorers. Using a drill to make the attachment holes created a dimple in the sheet metal roof which would sometimes cause water leaks so Ford partnered with this pair of companies to try out this robot that would laser cut the 12 roof holes in each vehicle's roof in less than 20 seconds. With the transit time and positioning the vehicle in and out of the station, we could do each car in about 50 seconds.
I remember that you could put your hand in front of the laser at about 1/2 meter and it wouldn't hurt but at 2 inches it would instantly burn right through metal.
Since it was a prototype, it was frequently broken but I helped them fix all the glitches and eventually It worked flawlessly 20 hours a day for years. That success allowed the partnership to market their robot to auto manufacturers and other companies needing to create clean holes without dimples in sheet metal all over the world. We would constantly get visitors from all over the world to watch the robot in action.
It has nothing to do with your independence day but watching the video about "no answer, we find one", it reminded me of when I worked on the world's first laser robot, which was the brainchild of a partnership between an Israeli and an Irish company.
I don't remember whether the robot part or the laser part was attributed to the Israelis or the Irish. We used it to cut holes for roof racks in the tops of Ford Explorers. Using a drill to make the attachment holes created a dimple in the sheet metal roof which would sometimes cause water leaks so Ford partnered with this pair of companies to try out this robot that would laser cut the 12 roof holes in each vehicle's roof in less than 20 seconds. With the transit time and positioning the vehicle in and out of the station, we could do each car in about 50 seconds.
I remember that you could put your hand in front of the laser at about 1/2 meter and it wouldn't hurt but at 2 inches it would instantly burn right through metal.
Since it was a prototype, it was frequently broken but I helped them fix all the glitches and eventually It worked flawlessly 20 hours a day for years. That success allowed the partnership to market their robot to auto manufacturers and other companies needing to create clean holes without dimples in sheet metal all over the world. We would constantly get visitors from all over the world to watch the robot in action.
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