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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Actually not that straight forward.
The reference model and the piece that needs work would need to be 100% identical, no variations.
At that point you might as well scrap the idea of the reference model all together and scan every work piece.
But the time and effort for that would most likely not offset the savings of hand working the piece.
There are plenty of existing robots that can be programmed for finish work.
But they don't really care where they are starting from and are working to a known consistent end product.
It seems your starting point is critical to getting the correct end product and since it's variable it's tricky.
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The piece that needs work is the reference model. They are one in the same. That's what is scanned. Every piece of work will be scanned because each one is unique.
You clearly have not hand worked the piece(s).
Seriously. That's where ALL of the time saving is: having a "robot" do all initial prep and surfacing.
Robots can't do the finish work. That requires hand work and a trained eye. You have it reversed. Roughing out a surface is what a robot is good for. Creating a perfect final surface is what humans are good for.
In a v1.0, the end product is very simple. Remove .XXmm of material across an entire surface that has been scanned.