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Unconventional Robotic Applications in Manufacturing: Road Bike Carbon Frame

These days, robotic applications are becoming popular in every aspect of manufacturing. Processes that were completely manual a couple of years ago are now becoming robotized. Two main reasons for robotizing a process are either to enhance productivity or to increase quality and repeatability. For the Swiss company, BMC, the robotic step was more a question of quality than productivity. This relatively young company was established in 1986 because of a crazy idea by Mr. Bob Bigelow. Back then, the Swiss businessman was manufacturing mostly commuting bikes. In 2001, the company decided to support a pro cycling team called PHONAK.

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Mar 05, 2014 in Manufacturing. 4 min read time
Unconventional Robotic Applications in Manufacturing: Road Bike Carbon Frame

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Nicolas Lauzier
By Nicolas Lauzier
on Feb 21, 2014
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Safety Standards for Collaborative Robots Worldwide

Collaborative robot safety standards are extremely important because they insure safe working environments. But having global...

JA Carette
By JA Carette
on Feb 18, 2014
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Robot End Effector: Definition and Examples

End Effector Definition

End effector is a generic term that includes all the devices that can be intalled at a robot wrist....

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 17, 2014
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Robot Vacuum Cup Grippers: Top 5 Problems

Vacuum grippers are a very widely used type of robotic gripper but for some applications, they may present challenges. Here...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 14, 2014
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Integrated Tactile Sensors for Robotic Gripper from ETS

Several members from the École de technologie supérieure (or ETS) in Montreal have been working on tactile sensors which they...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Feb 12, 2014
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