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Citation
(2001), "World's most automated robotic end-tool surpassed", Industrial Robot, Vol. 28 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2001.04928dad.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
World's most automated robotic end-tool surpassed
World's most automated robotic end-tool surpassed
Keywords: Robots, Grippers
Barrett Technology, Inc. (www. BarrettRobotics.com) announces that its flagship BarrettHand BH8-260, the most versatile end-of-robot tool on the market, has just been surpassed by its new BH8-262. Several improvements will ship with the new BH8-262 making the grasper, with embedded intelligence, even more adept at securing any part of any geometry in any orientation. Since the BH8-series graspers are digitally upgradable, subscription customers of models previous to the 262, such as the 250, 255, and 260, can download the firmware/software improvement upgrades via the Internet.
The BarrettHand BH8-series grasper was showcased on the recent cover of Machine Design Magazine (February 2001) <www.machinedesign.com> for its unmatched versatility, programinability, and ease of integration with commercial robotic arms. The new BH8-262 was demonstrated at the 2001 International Robots and Vision Show.
About Barrett
Since 1988, Barrett Technology has pioneered the core technology underlying new levels of flexibility and machine intelligence in articulated arms and hands. Today, Barrett is the leader in advanced robotic manipulators (Guinness Book – Millennium Edition) with the unmatched degree of versatility and usability required to support an ever-expanding application capability.