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Guidelines to the selection of robots

A.E. Owen (M.B.A. of Tony Owen M.B.A. Ltd.)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991X

Article publication date: 1 January 1984

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Abstract

It is often claimed that flexible automation is the key to the survival of the manufacturing industry. The most significant and emotive form that flexible automation can take is the robot, yet this saviour of the manufacturing industry can be at best an expensive though worthwhile investment, and at worst a financial and political disaster.

Citation

Owen, A.E. (1984), "Guidelines to the selection of robots", Industrial Robot, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 25-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004541

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1984, MCB UP Limited

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