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"TakkTile" Sensors for Industrial Robotic Grippers

Tactile sensors are becoming more and more popular in robotic research for improving the precision and contact with the robot’s environments. However, these sensors are expensive and still not adapted to real world applications. Taking advantage of this fact, TakkTile, founded by researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory at Harvard University, decided to offer low-cost robust tactile sensors.

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on May 27, 2013 in Robot Grippers. 2 min read time
"TakkTile" Sensors for Industrial Robotic Grippers

Tactile sensors are becoming more and more popular in robotic research for improving the precision and contact with the...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on May 27, 2013
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Collaborative Robot Series : KUKA's Light Weight Robot 4+

To continue the collaborative robot series: this time we look at the Light Weight Robot 4+ (LWR 4+) from KUKA.

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on May 16, 2013
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Robotiq releases a Larger and Stronger 2-Finger Electric Gripper

Robotiq unveils the new 2-Finger Adaptive Robot Gripper – 200 – an electric gripper with 200 mm of stroke with expanded...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on May 10, 2013
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How to Coordinate Multiple Axis Movements for a Robotic Welder

When writing with a pencil, you hold the tool at a specific angle of approach to the paper, but can you figure out at which...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on May 01, 2013
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Collaborative Robot Series: Baxter from Rethink Robotics

We continue our review of the newest collaborative robots on the market with Baxter from Rethink Robotics: Introduction, key...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Apr 24, 2013
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How to Achieve Good Part-Fit for Robotic Welding

Robotic welding is most useful when parts can be positioned in the same place, and with the same fit, every time a part feeder...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Apr 23, 2013
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Collaborative Robot Series : FRIDA from ABB

In industrial automation, flexibility and intuitiveness are becoming more and more the sinew of war. In fact due to the...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Apr 04, 2013
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Two-arm teleoperation robot with Kinect and electric grippers

Maybe some of you have seen the following video from the guys at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where a robot...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Mar 19, 2013
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