4 Innovative Uses of Force/Torque Sensing That Broaden Cobot Applications

“There’s
been a movement in the industry to start automating man-made products,” said
Robert Little, CEO of ATI
Industrial Automation. “In order to for
them do that, they need robots. In order for those robots to be completely
successful, they need force sensing feedback.”
 New Force Sensor

The Axia80 Force/Torque Sensor. (Image courtesy of ATI.)

The Axia80 from ATI measures
six components of force and torque. The monolithic instrumented transducer has silicon
strain gauge…
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