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This work presents a method for robotic deburring of two-dimensional planar parts with unknown geometry. Robotic deburring requires “compliancy” and “stiffness” in the robot in the directions tangent and normal to the part, respectively. Compliancy in the tangential direction allows robotic accommodation of tangential cutting forces, while stiffness in the normal direction impedes a robotic response to normal cutting forces. But, to track the part contour, the robot requires compliancy in the normal direction. These conflicting requirements are addressed in this article as two problems: control of the metal removal process and tracking of the part contour. In general, these two problems are coupled; however, here they are separated into a hardware problem and a control problem. A tracking mechanism has been designed and built which incorporates a roller bearing mounted on a force sensor at the robot endpoint. This …