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Samuel is CEO and co-founder of Robotiq. His mission is to free human hands from repetitive tasks. He is also the author of Lean Robotics: A Guide to Making Robots Work in Your Factory. He lives in Québec City with his wife and four children.

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Servo-Electric Grippers: How does it Work?

This article presents an overview on how a servo-electric gripper works. The image below shows the main components of an electric gripper and how it interfaces with a robot.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 09, 2011 10:20 AM. 2 min read time
 
Servo-Electric Grippers: How does it Work?

This article presents an overview on how a servo-electric gripper works. The image below shows the main components of an ...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 09, 2011 10:20 AM
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What is the Repeatability of the Adaptive Gripper?

In a previous post, we described what robotic gripper repeatability is and how it is typically determined. Robotiq adapted the...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 08, 2011 1:22 PM
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Adaptive Gripper Teaching on ABB Touch Screen Pendant

The Robotiq Adptive Gripper was recently implemented on an ABB robot using an ABB touch screen teach pendant. This project...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 18, 2011 2:45 PM
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How To Handle Fragile Parts With Robots

Robots were initially used in dull, dirty and dangerous jobs. Today, you can add yet another D to that list: delicate....

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 17, 2011 10:03 PM
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The Future of Robotic Welding

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 AWS Robotic Welding Conference. The closing talk was given by Chris...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jun 20, 2011 10:33 PM
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How to Handle a High Number of Different Parts Using one Robot

Handling tens or hundreds of different parts with a robot is not a walk in the park. Issues come mainly from tooling...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jun 14, 2011 8:03 AM
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Google in Robotics
What is it about Google and robotics? The company's mission is to organize and help us find our way in the world's vast...
Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jun 10, 2011 10:30 AM
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How To Attach An End-Effector To Your Robot

Since there are little to no established standards for attachment interfaces in the robot industry, many things are to be...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on May 30, 2011 10:45 AM
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Jig-less Robotic Welding How-to

With their accuracy and adjustability robots are up to face new challenges and execute tasks that were not considered possible...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on May 19, 2011 8:53 AM
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