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Microsoft Interest In Robotics

The 2006 cover of Scientific American magazine, had the title "Dawn of the Age of Robots."  It featured an article by Bill Gates calling for "a robot in every home." In this article, the founder of Microsoft insisted that the next technological breakthrough would be robotics if the following points were to happen:

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 15, 2011 6:00 AM. 2 min read time
 
Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 15, 2011 6:00 AM
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How To Handle Fragile Parts With Robots

Robots were initially used in dull, dirty and dangerous jobs. Today, you can add yet another D to that list: delicate....

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 17, 2011 10:03 PM
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How to Handle a High Number of Different Parts Using one Robot

Handling tens or hundreds of different parts with a robot is not a walk in the park. Issues come mainly from tooling...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jun 14, 2011 8:03 AM
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Google in Robotics
What is it about Google and robotics? The company's mission is to organize and help us find our way in the world's vast...
Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jun 10, 2011 10:30 AM
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How To Attach An End-Effector To Your Robot

Since there are little to no established standards for attachment interfaces in the robot industry, many things are to be...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on May 30, 2011 10:45 AM
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Gaining Trust in Collaborating with Robots

I just re-read Shuichi Fukuda’s article, “How can Man and Machine Trust Each Other and Work Better Together?” in the...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Feb 23, 2011 5:23 AM
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Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 13, 2011 12:19 PM
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Mass Customization

My Dell Laptop is an example of a mass customized product.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 12, 2011 12:35 PM
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