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From Machinist to Robot Programmer

Robots can now work alongside humans. They are now safer than ever and they can reduce the work load or risk of injury related for certain tasks. Yet, there is still a persistent negative impression about robots. In facts, when it's time to introduce a robotic cell in a workshop, the people that are the hardest to convince are the workers themselves. Even though the robot is actually there to help them, to make their job easier and not to steal their job. Take a look at the story of a machinist who became a robot programmer.  

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 10, 2014 9:11 AM. 4 min read time
 
From Machinist to Robot Programmer

Robots can now work alongside humans. They are now safer than ever and they can reduce the work load or risk of injury related...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Dec 10, 2014 9:11 AM
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Choosing the Right Gripper for your Universal Robots

Once you have chosen a Universal Robots, you want to have a gripper that will fit well, has proven its efficiency and has good...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Nov 27, 2014 9:46 AM
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Machining with Industrial Robots

The machining world has been using robots for a little while. Mostly to do machine tending. Although, with a lot of...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Nov 23, 2014 8:08 AM
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Top 5 Applications for Robotic Electric Grippers

Electric servo grippers offer a different set of functionality than pneumatic grippers. They trade speed and force for...

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Oct 14, 2014 8:28 PM
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Robotic Machine Tending Case Study - Robotiq Adaptive Gripper

Inertia Switch, a manufacturer of all kinds of switches for high-tech industries and a full-service manufacturing provider in...

Olivier Grenier-Lafond
By Olivier Grenier-Lafond
on Jul 30, 2014 3:28 PM
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Vision Guided Robotics : Enabling New Applications

When robotics are incorporated into manufacturing processes, monotonous and repetitive tasks are the first ones to be...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jul 10, 2013 11:28 AM
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Robotic Machine Tending: Advantages and White Paper!

Nowadays, the constant pressure of productivity and cost efficiency are part of the manufacturing industry. In order to stay...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Jun 13, 2013 10:51 AM
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Machine Tending with Universal Robots and Electric Gripper

It is no longer a secret: automation processes are no longer reserved for big companies doing highly repetitive tasks....

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Apr 12, 2013 9:51 AM
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Why Industrial Manufacturing Tends to Automate Machine Tending

Walking the 2012 IMTS, confirmed my feelings that the automation of machine tending applications was becoming more and more a...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Sep 28, 2012 10:17 AM
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