Table of Contents:
• 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.