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At present, the tasks associated to the application of dislodging material and/or repositioning of anode lifting pins from casting wheels are characterized by the exposure of the personnel to harsh environmental conditions. In the medium and long term, this could generate serious occupational diseases to the personnel in charge of carrying out this task. Due to the above, a robotic method and system have been developed for the application of dislodging material and/or verification of anode lifting pins from casting wheels. The robotic system is composed mainly of a robotic manipulator of at least 5 degrees of freedom which is mounted on a fixed and/or mobile system, and a gripping mechanism which allows to take a vision system to be used in the cast inspection process of the casting wheel. Once this is done, the gripping mechanism takes a device to be used for the dislodging material application before the metal discharge is carried out through the channel to the refine furnace. Finally, the gripping mechanism takes a tool which is used to position the pins in the cast. In this regard, most of the problems associated to the safety of the people and the productivity of the current manual and/or mechanical process are eliminated.

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