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by Joel_Mckay
53 days ago
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Universal Robots ( https://www.universal-robots.com/ ) force sensing collaborative platforms were very advanced years ago, but like most bot firms small market demand made retail consumer pricing unsustainable. >I can think of at least a dozens, some even making their custom gripper hardware. The simplest solution sometimes is more robust in practice: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/balloon-filled-ground-coffee... Too many edge-case failure modes in an uncontrolled setting. Building platforms that could seriously harm people by just falling over is an inherent design risk. =3 |
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