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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott E. Krajca, Seattle, WA (US);
Cooper A. Wessells, Seattle, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for a flexible and local laser shroud that conforms to a contoured work surface and confines laser light energy from a laser end effector to the work surface. In one example, a system includes a laser end effector coupled to a robotic arm to provide laser light energy to a work surface. The system also includes a shroud coupled to the end of the robotic arm and extending to the work surface. The system further includes, as part of the shroud, a flexible laser light seal to conform to the work surface to substantially prevent the laser light energy from passing between the shroud and the work surface as the laser end effector travels along the work surface.