RoboTurb

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| type = Welding robot

| purpose = Turbine blade repair

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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.{{Cite book |last1=Simas |first1=Henrique |last2=Golin |first2=Julio Feller |last3=Pieri |first3=Edson Roberto De |last4=Martins |first4=Daniel |title=2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI) |chapter=Development of an automated system for cavitation repairing in rotors of large hydroelectric plants |date=2012 |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/14985859 |pages=39–44 |doi=10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473372 |isbn=978-1-4673-4587-3 |s2cid=13800925 }}

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.