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Robotiq
Company blog · blog.robotiq.comhardwarebusiness
Robotiq is the company blog at blog.robotiq.com, writing about hardware and business. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Robotiq's blog for posts on industrial robots: collaborative robot pricing, force sensors, and the history of robot programming languages. One commenter called the pricing post a good overview.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about robotics and automation news.
What Hacker News says?
Right. A company I used to work for was selling force sensors over a decade ago and I'm sure they're older than that. https://blog.robotiq.com/bid/65024/TakkTile-Sensors-for-Indu...
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on “Amazon's Vulcan Robots Now Stow Items Faster Than Humans”Submitted Are Robot Arms the Next Generation of 3D Printer? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe automation is here and is used everywhere right now if it makes economically sense. Good overview of the pricing here: https://blog.robotiq.com/what-is-the-price-of-collaborative-... Basic robot $50k, advanced application - $100k. One can hire lots of workers for the money. Especially during recession.
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on “Coronavirus may mean automation is coming sooner than we thought”Submitted Industry 4.0 – What Is It? And What’s in It for Me? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionNot to be confused with VAL ("Variable Assembly Language), VAL II and VAL 3, programming languages for industrial robots. VAL was developed at Standford in 1973. The others are referred to as being "second gen" and "third gen" robotics languages. They are still in use at various companies. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Assembly_Language > < https://blog.robotiq.com/the-history-of-robot-programming-la... >
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on “Val, a new programing language inspired by Swift and Rust”Submitted Are Robot Arms the Next Generation of 3D Printer? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10 Differences Between Industrial and Service Robotics as a story · 1 points
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