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Robotics in Practice

Management and applications of industrial robots

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  1. Joseph F. Engelberger
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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Fundamentals and management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Robot use in manufacturing

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      Pages 3-17

    3. Robot anatomy

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      Pages 19-40

    4. End effectors: hands, grippers, pickups and tools

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      Pages 41-58

    5. Matching robots to the workplace

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      Pages 59-74

    6. Reliability, maintenance and safety

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      Pages 75-91

    7. Organizing to support robotics

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      Pages 93-99

    8. Robot economics

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      Pages 101-110

    9. Sociological impact of robots

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      Pages 111-116

    10. Future capabilities

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      Pages 117-138

  3. Application studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Die casting applications

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      Pages 141-157

    3. Spot welding applications

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      Pages 159-170

    4. Arc welding applications

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      Pages 171-179

    5. Investment casting applications

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      Pages 181-188

    6. Forging applications

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      Pages 189-196

    7. Press work applications

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      Pages 197-205

    8. Spray painting applications

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      Pages 207-215

    9. Plastic molding applications

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      Pages 217-223
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About this book

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 Gothic menaces, nor outlets for mawkish sentiment. They were simply well-designed machines. Beginning in 1942, I crystallized this notion in what I called 'The Three Laws of Robotics' and, in 1950, nine of my robot stories were collected into a book, I, Robot. I did not at that time seriously believe that I would live to see robots in action and robotics becoming a booming industry .... Yet here we are, better yet, I am alive to see it. But then, why shouldn't they be with us? Robots fulfil an important role in industry. They do simple and repetitive jobs more steadily, more reliably, and more uncomplainingly than a human being could - or should. Does a robot displace a human being? Certainly, but he does so at a job that, simply because a robot can do it, is beneath the dignity of a human being; a job that is no more than mindless drudgery. Better and more human jobs can be found for human beings - and should.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Robotics in Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Management and applications of industrial robots

  • Authors: Joseph F. Engelberger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7120-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Joseph F. Engelberger 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-85038-669-1Published: 30 June 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7120-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 291

  • Number of Illustrations: 88 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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