Robots and manufacturing automation /
C. Ray Asfahl.
- 2nd ed.
- xx, 487 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting ready to automate -- Building blocks of automation -- Mechanization of parts handling -- Automatic production and assembly -- Numerical control and CAD/CAM -- Industrial robots -- Teaching robots to do work -- Machine vision systems -- Robot implementation -- Industrial applications of robots -- Industrial logic control systems -- Logic diagramming -- Programmable logic controllers -- On-line computer control -- Microprocessors -- Computer integrated manufacturing -- Ethics -- References -- Appendices -- Index.