Engelberger: ∗robotics∗ In Service - Hardcover

ENGELBERGER

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262050420 ISBN 13: 9780262050425

Publisher: MIT Press, 1989

Synopsis

Robots can play a major role in the service industries. And it is in that direction that robotics needs to turn, Joseph Engleberger asserts, not toward the routine factory jobs of the past. Engleberger was instrumental in founding the robotics industry and his book Robotics in Practice is now a classic. In Robotics in Service he observes that the time is ripe for robotics to launch itself into an entirely new marketplace.Engelberger's starting point is the fact that it is now feasible to equip robots with a wide repertoire of senses and to provide them with at least rudimentary intelligence. We can produce a range of robotic devices that can be put to work performing a variety of services that have become increasingly unattractive to the human labor force because of their mundane nature or the dangers they involve.Part I of the book provides a robotics technology update, concentrating on the new developments, particularly in sensory equipment and artificial intelligence. Part II examines in detail 15 specific applications - ranging from commercial cleaning and fast food service to jobs in space and aid for the handicapped and the elderly - that are ripe for exploitation.Joseph F. Engelberger was the founder of Unimation, the first manufacturer of industrial robots in the world. He is a past president of the Robot Institute of America and currently Chairman of Transition Research Corporation

About this title

Synopsis

First was robotics in industry. The future, however, points toward increased applications in the service sector of the economy. Part I updates the technology of robotics, with emphasis on intelligence and sensory capability. Part II suggests 15 areas of potential service application, including medical treatment, fast food, farming, hazardous tasks,

About the Author

Joseph F. Engelberger was the founder of Unimation, the first manufacturer of industrial robots in the world. He is a past president of the Robot Institute of America and currently Chairman of Transition Research Corporation.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262050420
• ISBN 13: 9780262050425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248