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Alex Owen-Hill is a freelance writer and public speaker who blogs about a large range of topics, including science, presentation skills at CreateClarifyArticulate.com, storytelling and (of course) robotics. He completed a PhD in Telerobotics from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid as part of the PURESAFE project, in collaboration with CERN. As a recovering academic, he maintains a firm foot in the robotics world by blogging about industrial robotics.

http://alexowenhill.co.uk/

Discussing the Future of Mining Robots with Prof. Jung

Humans have been mining for centuries, but the working conditions are bad and they are only getting worse. Robots, like Julius from the Mining-ROX project, are a promising option to keep mining economical and safe. We talk to Prof. Bernhard Jung from TU Freiberg about why robots are so important for the future of mining.

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 26, 2016 7:00 AM. 6 min read time
 
Discussing the Future of Mining Robots with Prof. Jung

Humans have been mining for centuries, but the working conditions are bad and they are only getting worse. Robots, like Julius...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 26, 2016 7:00 AM
Read more 6 min read time
Our Top Three Takeaways from IMTS 2016

We saw a lot of exciting manufacturing tech in Chicago last week at IMTS 2016. In this final blog post about our week, we...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 19, 2016 1:06 PM
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The Latest Manufacturing Tech from IMTS 2016

In this second live blog from the IMTS 2016 trade show, we bring you a CNC machine that's bigger than an elephant, some...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 16, 2016 4:20 PM
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Cars, Helicopters and Ice Cream Robots at IMTS 2016

We're live at the International Manufacturing Technology Show! Here, exclusively on the Robotiq blog, we bring you right into...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 14, 2016 5:19 PM
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Three Sensors for a More Adaptable Robot

You know you can get much more out of your robot if you add some extra sensors. But, which sensors should you choose? We look...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 06, 2016 7:00 AM
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Robot Vision Lighting: Why There's No Perfect Setup

Lighting is probably the most important part of robot vision. So why do people often leave it until the end? Setting up the...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Sep 01, 2016 7:00 AM
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Robot Metrology: Overcoming the Inspection Bottleneck

The Inspection Bottleneck can seriously reduce your manufacturing output. It doesn't matter how much product you can produce...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Aug 10, 2016 7:00 AM
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How to Improve Object Pick-up With Sensors

What's the best way to detect if an object is ready to be picked up? There are various sensing technologies you could use. In...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Aug 02, 2016 7:00 AM
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Dual Gripper Interaction Made Easy at Automatica

Robot-robot interaction can be tricky to get right. But, at last week's Automatica, we met some guys who made it look easy....

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jul 15, 2016 8:27 AM
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