Adaptive conformal laser cladding is an effective method to solve the above problems, which mainly includes the following three basic steps:
1. Use sensors for online detection: sensors can be contact type, machine vision, laser displacement, etc., and the corresponding relationship between the sensor measurement coordinate system and the robot laser cladding tool coordinate system must be established;
2. Automatic data processing: including data filtering, reconstruction, modeling, etc. Some applications also need to implement intelligent algorithms such as automatic model matching and defect identification;
3. Automatic path generation and process parameter configuration: Based on the model established by automatic data processing, layered slicing is performed, filling trajectories are generated, and process parameters are automatically selected and optimized according to the defect type.

The adaptive conformal laser cladding function has three typical application scenarios:
1. Significantly reduce manual teaching work, shorten programming time, and improve calibration accuracy;
2. Automatically establish the workpiece coordinate system or user coordinate system so that the robot path generated by offline programming can be quickly and accurately applied to the workpiece, improving the production cycle; it can replace the conventional feature point positioning method, and can also solve some scenes that cannot be detected manually. Positioning issues;
3. It has a simple 3D scanning function, combined with an automatic identification algorithm and slice path generation algorithm, which can achieve rapid defect location and on-site adaptive repair; although the general measurement accuracy is lower than that of conventional 3D measurement systems, it is sufficient and efficient for laser repair High and low cost.