[Zachary Buckhol]

Are there any plans or does the following even exist?

I would like an autonomous cnc router that I can place on a surface and it is self-aware of its location and is self-contained.

No table, no gantry, no rails. Just a self moving router that can adjust it's z-axis and move x and y on it's own.

I guess it would need some sort of laser tracking to discover where it is and then follow it's instructions moving as necessary around the work piece.

I can see this becoming an issue if it mills an area that is in its path of movement. Are there any products like this; what are they called?

Thanks
Zach

[ger21]

This is probably the closest you'll find.
Handibot®

[Zachary Buckhol]

Wow, thank you. That was amazing. Years ago I bought an epilog zing 24 and did lots of cool craft stuff. But I always wanted to do shoji style panels. This tool is amazing. Thank you so much for pointing me in this direction.

[jfong]

https://printrbot.com/shop/printrbot-crawlbot/

Uses belts that you place on the surface instead of rails.

[cagaw1]

https://shapertools.com/

this one looks pretty cool..it uses a vision system to orient itself to the program and workpiece