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The Robot Arm That Finally Drives a Screw Straight
For years, robot arms have struggled with one of the most basic assembly tasks: driving a screw into a hole without stripping it, crossthreading it, or dropping the screw. Episode 154 of The Robotics Podcast digs into why this is so hard and how a new approach from a small European startup is changing the game. We break down the physics of torque control, the role of force sensing, and the clever use of a compliant wrist that mimics human hand flexibility. The result is a robot that can drive 2,000 screws in a row with zero failures, even on warped materials. We compare this to the…
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