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The basic economics of industrial mechanization and automation

W.B. Heginbotham

Year
1973
Citations
8

Abstract

SUMMARY With increasing coats of labour it becomes more feasible to apply automation to small batch quantity situations and also to operations requering versatility. By the adoption of a new definition of versatility, the possible consequences of using adaptable modular devices and industrial robots is analysed.

Keywords

AutomationMechanizationModular designManufacturing engineeringEngineeringRobotIndustrial engineeringComputer scienceMechanical engineeringArtificial intelligence

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