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Robot applications are increasing

B.W. Rooks (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K.)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991x

Article publication date: 1 January 1977

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Abstract

Industrial robots have become an accepted form of automation for many companies in Western Europe. The multi robot car assembly line is now the rule rather than the exception and this type of application has advanced the state of acceptance of robots as a viable form of automation. But what is the future in other areas and is the industrial robot an economic proposition in less glamorous areas? A recent visit to Sweden, with a few calls in West Germany, revealed a surprisingly wide range of applications for the industrial robot and none more so than in the production work shops of the robot manufacturers themselves. In Sweden high wage rates and strict laws on health and safety at work provide the type of incentive that is conducive to investments in robot automation. But even in this environment robots have to work hard to be economic. They invariably work on two or three shifts and in many applications perform numerous tasks.

Citation

Rooks, B.W. (1977), "Robot applications are increasing", Industrial Robot, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb004475

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MCB UP Ltd

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