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Industrial Robot Handbook

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  • © 1989

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  1. Richard K. Miller
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Part of the book series: VNR Competitive Manufacturing Series (VNRCMS)

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Table of contents (79 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Robots in Industry

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 1-9

  3. How an Industrial Robot Works

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 10-25

  4. Grippers and Tactile Sensing

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 26-46

  5. Fundamentals of Machine Vision

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 47-60

  6. The Robot Manufacturing Cell

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 61-69

  7. Economic Justification

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 70-76

  8. Organizing an In-Plant Program

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 77-82

  9. Robot Applications for Batch Manufacturing and Job Shops

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 83-89

  10. Safety Considerations

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 90-96

  11. The Automotive Industry

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 97-101

  12. Aerospace Applications

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 102-109

  13. Machine Tool Loading

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 110-126

  14. Robotic Machining

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 127-130

  15. Punch Press Loading

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 131-145

  16. Spot Welding

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 146-152

  17. Arc Welding

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    Pages 153-173

  18. Forging

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    Pages 174-182

  19. Spray Painting

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    Pages 183-197

  20. Grinding and Deburring

    • Richard K. Miller
    Pages 198-205
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About this book

These are exciting times for manufacturing engineers. It has been said that American industry will undergo greater changes during the 1980 and 1990 decades than it did during the entire eight preceding decades of this century. The industrial robot has become the symbol of this progress in computer-integrated manufacturing. This book is for engineers and managers in manufacturing industries who are involved in implementing robotics in their operations. With tens of thousands of industrial robots already in use in the United States, there are plenty of role models for proposed applications to be patterned after. This book provides an overview of robot applications and presents case histories that might suggest applications to engineers and managers for implementation in their own facilities. The application of industrial robots were well developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While the reader may note some of the examples discussed in this handbook incorporate older robot models, it is the application that is of interest. As Joseph Engelberger, the founding father of robotics has pointed out, industrial robots in 1988 are "doing pretty much the same kind of work" as they did in 1980.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Industrial Robot Handbook

  • Authors: Richard K. Miller

  • Series Title: VNR Competitive Manufacturing Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6608-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-6610-2Published: 23 February 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6608-9Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 686

  • Number of Illustrations: 546 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

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