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Catherine is an Application Engineer here at Robotiq. Drawing from her expertise with manufacturing processes, production management and business management in general, her main focus is helping her clients find the solutions that will best serve their needs. If you have any questions about Robotiq's products and how they can serve your application, get in touch with her at c.bernier@robotiq.com.

Industrial Robot Flexibility: The Key To Lean Manufacturing?

Flexible solutions will help small and medium manufacturers (SMM) to meet today's market demands and stay efficient. SMM productions are often characterized by small volumes and a high mix of parts. Flexibility should be the number one criterion in this case. Here is another interesting fact, flexibility is in fact the key to lean manufacturing. You may have heard of it before because of its popularity with manufacturing management. Industrial robots and robotic devices are ideal for lean manufacturing and here are the reasons why.

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Aug 20, 2013 1:54 PM. 3 min read time
 
Industrial Robot Flexibility: The Key To Lean Manufacturing?

Flexible solutions will help small and medium manufacturers (SMM) to meet today's market demands and stay efficient. SMM...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Aug 20, 2013 1:54 PM
Read more 3 min read time
Human-Robot Interaction: Playing Tower of Hanoi with Robots

These last months, we have heard a lot about new applications that allow human-robot collaboration in a working environment. ...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Aug 08, 2013 11:34 AM
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Robotic Applications: Flexible or High-Flex Cables

When looking to install a robot or an end effector, cabling is one of the important items to think about. Some may think that...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Aug 01, 2013 11:10 AM
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Challenges of Dexterous End Effectors

During the Automate 2013 show, a workshop was held by the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) and Robotiq was...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 25, 2013 11:47 AM
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Robot Welding: How to get started? - Part 1

One of the most used manufacturing processes to permanently join two parts is welding. Welding can be perform manually, i.e....

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 17, 2013 1:04 PM
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Dexterous Manipulation Needs within Industry

This past January, Robotiq was at the Automate 2013 show. We were featured in our partner's booth and we also took part in a...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 16, 2013 11:13 AM
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Industrial Robot Communication Protocols

Communication protocols have always been a big challenge for the robotic industry. Protocols are used to exchange data between...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 09, 2013 11:18 AM
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Different End Effectors on the Market

Nowadays, robots are part of many manufacturing processes and aspects of production are improved by using them. Their...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 03, 2013 11:30 AM
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Mobile Platform : Integration of KUKA’s LWR 4+ on Little Helper

In order to make manufacturing industries more and more flexible, a lot of research is being done on mobile robots. You may...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 02, 2013 12:00 PM
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