
The World Yearbook of Robotics Research and Development
Sbornik Statei(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 27. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
584 pages
978-94-011-9710-6 (ISBN)
Description
How quickly the technological 'flavour of the month' changes. At the beginning of the 1980's many saw 'robotics' as being something of a pana cea for those problems in the manufacturing industries which had been exacerbated by the world recession. Those working at the time in the field of robotics stressed that robots themselves were only part of the solution. Yet in many quarters the 'hype' for the new technology apparently knew few bounds, resulting, inexorably, in many industries painfully discover ing for themselves a new realism, closely followed by disillusionment. In its wider sense the term 'robotics' covers an extremely broad spec trum of technologies ranging from extremely flexible, highly sensory and integrated systems capable of handling a very diverse product range, through to comparatively inflexible, high volume systems which can merely handle slightly different variations of the same basic product. As a result of the one 'buzzword' referring to such a variety of actual system types, the disillusionment which started to become apparent during the early 1980's acted as something of a double edged sword. A given com pany might consider a particular robotics-based technological solution to its production problems, find that it was unsuitable, and so renounce all robotics approaches as inappropriate. Yet just because one position on that spectrum of technological solutions was unsuitable for the company should not have led them to assume that there was no other robotics solu tion that was appropriate.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen
584 p. 3 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
873 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-011-9710-6 (9789401197106)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-9708-3
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Peter B. Scott
World Year Book of Robotics Research and Development 1986
Book
07/1986
Kogan Page Ltd
€89.13
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Content
1: Aspects of Robotics.- USA perspectives on the integration of robots into the factory of the future.- Research and development programmes in computer-integrated manufacturing in Europe.- Robotics research and development in 1985: a Japanese perspective.- Tactile sensors for robots: a review.- New manufacturing concepts - the plant engineer's perspective.- Robotics - some wider implications.- 2: Current Developments: Overviews and National Funding Programmes.- 3: World Directory of Robotics Research and Development Activities.- 4: World Index of Research and Development Centres.- 5: World Index of Robotics Researchers.- 6: Subject Index to Research Activities.- 7: Further Information.