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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 have added to the 3-Finger Adaptive Robot Gripper. In order to understand this adaptation which can be used in combination with the Robotiq Gripper we asked Jean-Philippe Roberge, who was involved in this project to explain more about this interesting development.
 

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Feb 12, 2014 in Robot Grippers. 4 min read time
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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Industrial Robots Needed in Electronics Manufacturing - Apply Here

At the Robotics Industry Forum held in Orlando recently, John Dulchinos, Vice President, of Global Automation for Jabil...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 11, 2014
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Industrial robotics: 7 reasons why young engineers should get into it

In this article, I present 7 reasons why industrial robotics is a great industry to work in as a young engineer. In fact, I...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 08, 2014
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2014 Robotics Industry Forum: Quotes, Facts and Impressions

The Robotics Industry Forum is always a good event to kick off the new business year. It happens every January in Florida....

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 06, 2014
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Top 5 Robotic Applications in the Automotive Industry

For many years the automotive industry has been well known for its intensive use of industrial robotics. Since the...

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Pneumatic robotic grippers vs electric grippers

We've discussed previously how to choose the right gripper for your automation project. One important choice is the type of...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 02, 2014
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ROS-Industrial: open-source software in industrial robotics

A couple years ago Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) released an open-source software package which brings industrial...

Nicolas Lauzier
By Nicolas Lauzier
on Jan 31, 2014
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Robotic End Effectors - Payload vs Grip Force

The difference between payload and grip force is often misunderstood. Since the selection of these two parameters for robots...

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Teaching Welding Robots by Demonstration vs Teach Pendant Programming

For the past few weeks we have been introducing you to Kinetiq Teaching - a new add-on solution to Yaskawa-Motoman welding...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Jan 23, 2014
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