Robot performance testing and position sensing
Robot Position Sensing techniques provide the means by which the position of the robot is determined independently of its own position feedback mechanisms. A number of techniques have been developed ranging from relatively simple but limited electro/mecha
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12-14 May 1987 Birmingham, UK
Edited by D. C. Teale
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
NEW FRONTIERS IN MANUFACTURING Proceedings of the 10th Annual British Robot Association Conference
The BRA-1 0 Conference is one ofthe five international events which form the ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SUMMIT '87
SPONSORS The principal sponsor is the British Robot Association, and other sponsoring bodies are: Institut Beige de Regulation et d' Automatisme (lBRA) Association de Robotique Industrielle Athena (Belgium) Asociacion Espanola de Robotica (AER) International Federation of Robotics Association Fran9aise de Robotique Industrielle (AFRI) Japan Industrial Robot Association (JIRA) Australian Robot Association Incorp Japan Society for LaserTechnology (JSLT) Belgian Institute for Regulation and Automation (BIRA) Laser Institute of America (LlA) CIRP (International Institution for Production Engineering Ontario Robotics Center Research) Pulsar SA Dansk Robot Forening (DIRA) Robot Industries Association, USA Dutch Robotic Association (CIR - Contactgroep Industrielle The Robotics Society in Finland Robots) Robotics Society of Japan Finnish Association of Materials Management Societa Italiana di Robotica Industrial Society for Machine Intelligence, USA Flemish Organisation for Robotics and Automation (FLORA) Swedish Industrial Robot Association Fraunhofer Institute for Production Automation (lPA), Stuttgart, Warwick Manufacturing Roundtable West Germany BRA-10 Programme Committee o CTeale, (Chairman), IBM United Kingdom Ltd J Birtwistle, Digital Equipment Corporation A B Clough, Plessey Major Systems Ltd o Green, Unilever Research Dr 0 Hine, John Brown Automation Ltd R A C Jennings,lFS (Conferences) Ltd M P Kelly, Gaydon Technology Ltd R Parsons, Philips Electronic T C Pearce, STADCO M Skidmore, Altek Automation Ltd P A G Venables, BP Research Ltd Dr S J Williams, Cambridge Control Ltd JWood, Vickers pic Design and Projects Division
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data British Robot Association_ Conference (10th: 1987: Birmingham) New frontiers in manufacturing proceedings of the 10th Annual British Robot Association Conference, 12-14 May 1987, Birmingham, U.K. 1. Automation I. Title II. Teale, D. C. 670.42'7 T59.5 ISBN 978-3-662-12595-3 ISBN 978-3-662-12593-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-12593-9
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo in 1987
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CONTENTS Official Opening and Plenary Session The role oftechnology in regenerating UK manufacturing industry ABarr,AustinRoverGroupLtd, UK ............................................................................................................................... 1
Implementing Automation Design for automation: the total business approach P 1DeasleyandE1Wallbank, Ingersoll Engineers Inc, UK ...................... '" ............................................................................ 9 Real world AMT M G Wheaton, GEC Electri
