TY - JOUR AB - Details how robots are now being commissioned for work on surface treatment, cleaning and preparation. Robots are proving ideal and cost‐effective in applications which are known to be dangerous and where personnel/operator health and safety considerations predominate. Gives examples of the kinds of blast work being undertaken by robots; proving that there is an attractive return on investment and greater flexibility of operation. VL - 25 IS - 4 SN - 0143-991X DO - 10.1108/01439919810226267 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/01439919810226267 AU - Nichols Chris PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Robot sets new standards in shot‐blasting T2 - Industrial Robot: An International Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 265 EP - 267 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -