Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 635 g
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 635 g
ISBN: 978-0-262-05042-5
Verlag: Penguin Random House LLC
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
