Recap: AWS RPI SRI Conference

Date of Event: 09/19/2024

Location: Russel Sage Dining Hall, 1649 15th Street, Troy.

Number of Attendees: 31

Presenter/Notable Guest(s): Cedric Demers-Roy, M. Eng.; Manager, Robot Vision Control, SERVO-ROBOT

Event Summary: Section members attended technical presentations from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on current research involving sensing for the wire-arc additive process and from SERVO-ROBOT on laser vision systems for bringing intelligence to industrial robots for arc and laser welding, seam finding, seam tracking, weld inspection and automated teaching. A live demonstration followed, during which a fan blade was printed in the WAAM cell with live data from the SERVO-ROBOT sensor. 

1 SERVO-ROBOT demonstrates automated weld inspection technology
2 Event attendees gather outside the WAAM cell at Rensselaer
3 Attendees tour the Rensselaer sensor-enabled WAAM system
1SERVO-ROBOT demonstrates automated weld inspection technology
2Event attendees gather outside the WAAM cell
3Attendees tour the Rensselaer sensor-enabled WAAM system