The Robot That Kept Breaking the Burr Tools We programmed a robot to deburr a machined aluminum housing. The path was perfect — the tool followed the edge in a straight line at the right feed rate. But after 50 parts, the deburring bit was chipped. After 200 parts, it was broken. The issue: the …

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