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Re:Low Cost Robot Arm by FrojoS on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @09:27AM (#39905516)
Sensors too. E.g. force sensors are important for dexterous manipulation and safety. But they are all expensive, bulky, imprecise, or require constant recalibration, or all of the former. Our robotics Prof used to quote his industry peers: "The best sensor is no sensor."
Re:Low Cost Robot Arm by regularfry on Thursday April 04, 2024 @10:00AM (#39930505)
That's presumably one reason why everyone's so keen on doing all the force sensing from the motor current.