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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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How to Increase Productivity of Machine Tools with Robots

Machine tools are precise, reliable and hard-working... as long as they have parts to produce. They are fed with blank parts and unloaded with finish parts. Because they are expensive, it is ideal to have their spindles creating parts as many hours as possible in a day. One option to get more profit out of your machine tool is to use robots to feed them. Watch the video below demonstrating a standard cell with a machine tool example offered by Ellison Technologies.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 18, 2011 11:02 PM. 1 min read time
 
How to Increase Productivity of Machine Tools with Robots

Machine tools are precise, reliable and hard-working... as long as they have parts to produce. They are fed with blank parts...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 18, 2011 11:02 PM
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How to Simplify Jigs in Robotic Welding Applications

In welding, jigs are used to precisely and firmly position parts while they are welded. The picture below shows such a jig.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 17, 2011 11:35 PM
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Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 13, 2011 12:19 PM
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Mass Customization

My Dell Laptop is an example of a mass customized product.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 12, 2011 12:35 PM
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Industrial Mobile Manipulator: Little Helper

I just posted an article on IEEE Spectrum Automaton (read the full article) about the Little Helper, shown in the video below.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 05, 2011 10:45 AM
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Intuitive Robot Programming

Despite all the recent advances in robotics, one fundamental task appears to remain as hard as ever: robot programming.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Dec 21, 2010 11:00 AM
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Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 16, 2010 11:53 AM
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Microsoft Robotics

Just what is Microsoft up to? We already know that, like its founder, the software giant loves robots. They have developed ...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 15, 2010 4:51 PM
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