Robotics and Factories of the Future ’87

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Invited Lectures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1

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   2. Elements of Effective CIM

      • R. Leonard

      Pages 1-9

   3. Intelligent Task Automation Manufacturing System

      • Robert L. Rosenfeld

      Pages 10-17

   4. Robotic Manufacture of Hazardous Substances

      • Charles Bernard

      Pages 18-25

   5. Robotics and Factories of the Future as Applied to Large Mechanical Products Allison World Transmission Program

      • R. Donald Tyler

      Pages 26-26

   6. Microcomputer Applications for CAD/CAM in Engineering Education

      • Y. C. Pao

      Pages 27-36

3. Planning of Automation

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Methodology of Assembly Automation: A New Approach

      • A. Bourjault

      Pages 37-45

   3. The Application of the Second Law Technique for the Prediction of Trends in the Development of a Factory of the Future

      • E. S. Geskin

      Pages 46-57

   4. A Coherent Model of Production Highlighted from an Epistemological Approach

      • B. Huet

      Pages 58-65

   5. Probabilistic Calculation of Critical Clearing Time in a Large Power System

      • Edgar Pereira

      Pages 66-74

   6. Critical Observations on “The Japanese Manufacturing Competitive Advantage”

      • Jay M. Pandya, Robert L. Nolan, S. N. Dwivedi

      Pages 75-82

   7. Preliminary Study on Design Methods for Large Scale Systems Applications: Integrating Distributed-Problem-Solving

      • B. Huet

      Pages 83-89

   8. Producibility Awareness

      • Gary L. Hurd

      Pages 90-96

   9. Application of a Stochastic Inventory Model

      • M. Ali Montazer, A. J. G. Babu

      Pages 97-104

   10. A Just-In-Time/Group Technology Based Scheduling Model

       • Behnam Pourbabai

       Pages 105-110

   11. Single Facility Location Problem With Non-Traditional Cost Function

       • Wilfred V. Huang, Rajan Batta, A. J. G. Babu

       Pages 111-118

   12. Cellular Manufacturing—Some Design Considerations

       • R. Meenakshi Sundaram

       Pages 119-124

   13. Single—Source, Single—Truck Models for the Location—Production—Distribution Problem

       • Jai W. Kang, Turgut Aykin, A. J. G. Babu, J. W. Chrissis

       Pages 125-134

The papers presented at the Second International Conference on Robotics and Factories of the Future held in San Diego, California, USA during July 28-31, 1987 are compiled in this volume. Over two hundred participants attended the conference, made technical presentations and discussed about various aspects of manufacturing, robotics and factories of the future. The number of papers published in this volume and the number of unpublished presentations at the conference indicates the evidance of growing interest in the areas of CAD/CAM, robotics and their role in future factories. The conference consisted of five plenary sessions, twenty three technical sessions, workshops, and exhibits from local industries and educational institutions. I wish to acknowledge with many thanks the contributions of all the authors who presented their work at the conference and submitted the manuscripts for publication. It is also my pleasure to acknowledge the role of keynote, banquet, and plenary sessions speakers whose contributions added greatly to the success of the conference. My sincere thanks to all session chairmen. I wish that the series of the International Conferences on Robotics and Factories of the Future which was initiated in 1984 in Charlotte, North Carolina will have a major impact on the use of robots and computers in the automated factories of the future.

• CIM
• artificial intelligence
• automation
• control
• expert system
• robot
• robotics
• sensor
• sensors
• Engineering Economics

• San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

  R. Radharamanan

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