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How Do Industrial Robots Achieve Compliance

In industrial robotics, the term compliance refers to flexibility and suppleness. To define what compliance is, the definition of non-compliance is useful. A non-compliant (stiff) robot end effector is a device which is designed to have predetermined positions or trajectories. No matter what kind of external force is exerted the robotic end effector will follow the exact same path each and every time. On the other hand, a compliant end effector can reach several positions and exert different forces on a given object. To make things clearer: a compliant robot gripper can grasp an egg without crushing it with the proper settings. A non-compliant gripper will crush the egg and continue its given operation. Compliance aims towards either process improvement (active) or human safety (passive).

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Feb 18, 2014 in Robots. 3 min read time
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