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CNC WEST April/May 2018 www.CNC-West.com 33 The Sawyer robot is a highly deployable automated solution with the flexibility to move between mills and lathes depending on the need. It has a vision system that is used to set points around the robot to pick up and drop parts. Every joint has force control so it can seat parts as needed, but is smart enough to know if it comes into contact with something it shouldn’t. They don’t require a big fence around them to work, allowing them to safely operate side by side with humans.