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Is an electric robot gripper always a servo gripper?

Electric grippers or servo grippers are most of the time used as synonymous. Are they really the same thing? An electric gripper simply means that the power provided to its actuator is electricity. Electric is used to differentiate it from pneumatic, which is still the most widely used in the vast majority of industrial applications to power robotic grippers.

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 13, 2014 9:59 PM. 3 min read time
 
Is an electric robot gripper always a servo gripper?

Electric grippers or servo grippers are most of the time used as synonymous. Are they really the same thing? An electric...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 13, 2014 9:59 PM
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Software Update for the Collaborative Robot Baxter

Robotic industries had big expectations for the first version of the collaborative robot, Baxter, launched in September 2012....

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Jan 09, 2014 10:02 AM
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6 Key Points for Effective High Speed and Precision Robotic Welding

In the last RIA webinar, interesting subjects were discussed such as high speed and high precision welding. The panel...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Dec 11, 2013 10:41 AM
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Top 9 Robotic Highlights from IREX and IROS 2013

Japan is one of the most flourishing places in the world for robotics. As I am writing this, I am heading back home after an...

Jean-Philippe Jobin
By Jean-Philippe Jobin
on Nov 27, 2013 12:11 PM
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Welding Robots Can Now Be Taught by Demonstration

Robotiq officially releases Kinetiq Teaching™– a new technology to quickly and easily task welding robots without requiring...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Nov 07, 2013 11:11 AM
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Robots for Agile Manufacturing
I am just back from Robobusiness 2013 where I presented a reflexion on Robots for Agile  Manufacturing. You can read some...
Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Oct 29, 2013 9:33 PM
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13 Takeaways from Robobusiness 2013

I am just back from an exciting week in one of the global robotics hotspots: Silicon Valley. I was there to attend and speak...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Oct 29, 2013 8:24 PM
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Robotic Welding: What do the Experts say? - Part 2

The Robotic Industry Association often presents webinars on various subjects. On September 12, 2013 the topic was robotic...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Oct 09, 2013 11:46 AM
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What is a Collaborative Robot?

In the past months, a new kind of industrial robot has come to the forefront in industry, changing all the preconceived...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Sep 20, 2013 8:43 AM
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