Research Catalog

Title

The robotics revolution : the complete guide for managers and engineers / Peter B. Scott.

Author

Scott, Peter B.

Publication

Oxford, OX, U.K. ; New York, N.Y., USA : B. Blackwell, 1984.

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Description

xv, 345 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Robots, Industrial
• Robots industriels
• Industrieroboter
• Roboter
• Industrial robots
• automatisering
• automation
• bedrijfsvoering
• management
• robots
• gereedschappen
• tools
• Mechanical and Electronic Engineering
• Werktuigbouwkunde en elektrotechniek

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-311) and index.

Contents

What all the fuss is about : fundamental robotics -- From Ancient Greece to factory grease : the evolution of robotics -- Strong arm tactics : Robotic mechanics I. Structures and description techniques -- Power to one's elbow : Robotic mechanics II. Drives systems -- Steam engines and computers : Control systems I. Cybernetics -- Do as you're told : Control systems II. Programming and software -- Sense and sensibility : external-state sensors -- Hand in hand : end-effectors and parts presentation -- Robots with hands : workpiece manipulation -- Robots with tools : wrist-mounted devices -- The massive future market : robotic assembly -- Science fact from science fiction : mobile and other robot-related devices -- "What about my job?" : robotics and people -- Managing with robots : robotics and the firm -- Danger - robot not working : safety and reliability -- Money makes the world go around : economic justification -- Something's cooking : present research -- "Oh brave new world..." : future possibilities.

ISBN

• 0631131620
• 9780631131625

LCCN

85114339

OCLC

• 12662896
• SCSB-2349327

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries