Robot Force Torque Sensors: Current and Future Applications
Force torque sensors are commercially available in many sizes with various measurement ranges. They provide precious input to...
Robot Gripper Force Control
For high-mix robotic applications, having a single gripper which is able to adapt to different shapes and volumes can be very...
ROS-Industrial: open-source software in industrial robotics
A couple years ago Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) released an open-source software package which brings industrial...
White Paper: Flexible Automation of Machine Tending Operations
Manufacturers doing machining are getting to a point where they need to automate machine tending: Statistics show that good...
Robotiq's Adaptive Robot Gripper Now on ROS-Industrial
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post on ROS-Industrial, an open-source software in industrial robotics. From my experience in...
Performance Metrics for Robotic Randomized Bin Picking
In March 2012, the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'12) Workshop was held at the University of Maryland....
The Right Gripper for the Kuka Lightweight Robot (LWR)
The Kuka lightweight robot is innovative in many aspects. Its low weight and capability to detect external forces applied on...
How to Verify Gripper Contact
Both of our Adaptive Grippers are able to grip objects of various shapes using their innovative finger mechanism. This allows...
How to Control the 2-Finger Adaptive Robot Gripper?
As explained in a previous article, the 2-Finger Adaptive Robot Gripper is able to achieve both pinching and encompassing...
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