Research Catalog

Title

What every engineer should know about robots / Maurice I. Zeldman.

Author

Zeldman, Maurice I.

Publication

New York : M. Dekker, ©1984.

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Details

Description

xviii, 197 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Abstract: A text for engineers and manufacturing managers provides background information and technical data to assist the evaluation of a corporate investment in robotics for performing heavy, difficult, boring, or repetitive specialized tasks. A summary of the technology and economics of robotics is presented, and applications of this technology to productivity improvement are discussed and illustrated. Topics include the general history of robotics and their future uses; the 1980-82 robotic market and market trends; basic robot terminology; artificial intelligence; robotics in productivity enhancement; economics of robotics; robot specifications, safety, mounting systems, and manufacturers; and robotics training. A bibliography and a 1984 listing of robot manufacturers are appended. (wz).

Series Statement

What every engineer should know ; v. 11

Uniform Title

What every engineer should know ; v. 11.

Subject

• Robotics
• Robotics
• robots
• automation
• economics
• guidelines
• reference works
• Robotique
• Industrieroboter
• Computacao aplicada
• ROBOTS

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 147-153.

Contents

Robot History: Background -- Domestic Market for Robots 1980-1982 -- Trends in the Robot Market -- Japanese Robot History -- Robot Industry Future Projections -- Basic Robot Terminology -- Servo Systems -- Point to Point Systems -- Continuous Path Systems -- Slewing -- Mechanical Transfer Devises -- Limited Sequence Robots -- Program Control Systems -- Programmable Controls -- Computer Systems -- Sensory Robots -- Artificial Intelligence -- Assembly Robots -- Adaptive Control -- Diagnostics -- Editing -- Robot Coordinate Systems -- Grippers and Wrists (End Effectors) -- Robot Wrist Motions -- Industrial Robot Sensors -- Home Position -- Manual Mode -- Teaching Mode -- Tracking a Moving Line -- Off-Line Programming -- Program Interactions -- Scaling -- Straight Line Operation -- Artificial Intelligence -- Robotics and Productivity -- Productivity and Investment -- Factors Affecting Productivity -- Robot Impact on Productivity -- Economics of Robots -- Where Robots Pay Off Today -- Financial Analysis of a Robot -- Robot Cost Justification Study -- Labor's Reaction to Robots -- How to Specify a Robot -- Robot Manufacturers -- Manufacturer's Photographs -- Robot Safety -- Robot Mounting Systems -- Sophistication and Training -- Training -- Trade-Off Studies -- Never Let Go.

ISBN

• 0824771230
• 9780824771232

LCCN

83021064

OCLC

• ocm10072053
• 10072053
• SCSB-9266844

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library