Industrial Robot: Volume 7 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents
Production Engineering Research Association
Since January of this year the Production Engineering Research Association has been offering a low‐cost advisory service designed to let industry ‘make friends with robots’ and…
How Japan's robot industry is shaping up to the future
A report by analysts from Daiwa Securities America, assessing the Japanese robot industry, explains reasons for its growth and prospects for its future.
Standardised loading systems concepts
H.J. Warnecke, B. Graf, I. SchmidtThe use of standard modules is often suggested as one means of increasing the flexibility and lowering the cost of programmable handling systems. However at present there is a…
US unions‐an enlightened view of robotics
Tom Weekley heads a committee of United Auto Workers union members which looks at the likely effect of robots on workers. He has some interesting views on the union's attitude to…
A semi‐autonomous remote controlled mobile robot
L. Marce, M. Julliere, H. Place, H. PerrichotMobile robots offer more flexibility and scope than the fixed single arm type. French researchers are putting considerable effort into developing such devices and here results of…
Small firms give robot leasing a quiet send‐off
A new system of leasing robots to industry with aid of funds from both small and large banks appears to be attracting little interest from Japanese industry. The system does…
Conference and Exhibition Report: ROBOTS V
The Robots V conference and exhibition in Dearborn, Detroit, gave European robot makers an opportunity to show how they could tackle American firms on their own ground.
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0143-991xOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou