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Mathieu is a production engineer at Robotiq, where he constantly strives to optimize the production line for Robotiq Grippers. He enjoys discovering new robotic applications and sharing what he learns on Robotiq's blog.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Use Force Feedback in Robotics

For many years, industrial robots were not able to monitor their surroundings. With the introduction of different sensors for robots, they are now able to feel what they are handling and see what they are doing or who is around them. However, the use of force sensing is still less popular than vision systems, even though it can be as useful as vision and in some instances more so. Here's why you should use force feedback in your robotic applications. 

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Jan 13, 2016 7:00 AM. 5 min read time
 
5 Reasons Why You Should Use Force Feedback in Robotics

For many years, industrial robots were not able to monitor their surroundings. With the introduction of different sensors for...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Jan 13, 2016 7:00 AM
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Programming a Robot is as Easy as 1-2-3 !

''Robots are complicated'', ''You need to have an experienced technician to operate them'', ''We are not using robots, it is...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Jan 12, 2016 7:00 AM
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Collaborative Robots Used in the Machine Tending of Teeth??

We are used to seeing Universal Robots doing machine tending for CNC machines. Often this is for metal parts, though sometimes...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Jan 11, 2016 7:00 AM
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Robotiq Christmas Special

Apparently robotic companies are pretty stoked about the Christmas season and are creating a lot of videos to show their...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 23, 2015 11:30 AM
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What is Easy and What is Hard to Automate???

If you haven’t already introduced a robot into your workshop or if you are in the process of introducing such a device, you may...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 17, 2015 7:00 AM
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Math's 2015 recap

Wow! 2015 just flew by! I was looking back at what happen over the past year in the robotic world and a lot of stuff happened....

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 16, 2015 7:00 AM
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Why I chose a Robotiq Gripper?

In our quest to fulfill the needs of our customers, we went to a couple of real life users of Robotiq Grippers and asked them: ...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 15, 2015 3:24 PM
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Nachi’s New Collaborative Robots

At first I was surprised and (as we say in Canada) ''Stoked'' to see a new collaborative robot coming out of NACHI Robotic...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 10, 2015 7:00 AM
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ANNIE is Coming on Strong !

Unfortunately, we sometime lose track of all the interesting things our Grippers are doing. In fact, we sell them, they go on...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 09, 2015 7:00 AM
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