Manufacturing processes such as sanding, polishing, blasting, grinding, coating, and painting are used in a wide variety of industries. These manufacturing tasks are ergonomically challenging and pose significant health risks for humans (please see image above). There is considerable interest in using robots to automate these operations. When parts are large, the robot arm needs… The post Evaluating humanoids for surface finishing applications appeared first on The Robot Report .
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