Robotics in Practice Management and applications of industrial robots

THE REAL THING by Isaac Asimov Back in 1939, when I was still a teenager, I began to write (and publish) a series of stories about robots which, for the first time in science fiction, were pictured as having been deliberately engineered to do their job safely. They were not intended to be creaky Got...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Engelberger, Joseph F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1980, 1980
Edition:1st ed. 1980
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Fundamentals and management
  • 1. Robot use in manufacturing
  • 2. Robot anatomy
  • 3. End effectors: hands, grippers, pickups and tools
  • 4 Matching robots to the workplace
  • 5. Reliability, maintenance and safety
  • 6. Organizing to support robotics
  • 7. Robot economics
  • 8. Sociological impact of robots
  • 9. Future capabilities
  • II Application studies
  • 10. Die casting applications
  • 11. Spot welding applications
  • 12. Arc welding applications
  • 13. Investment casting applications
  • 14. Forging applications
  • 15. Press work applications
  • 16. Spray painting applications
  • 17. Plastic molding applications
  • 18. Applications in foundry practice
  • 19. Machine tool loading applications
  • 20. Heat treatment applications
  • 21. Applications for deburring metal parts
  • 22. Palletizing applications
  • 23. Applications in brick manufacture
  • 24. Applications in glass manufacture
  • Appendix: List of principal robot manufacturers