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The International Robot Industry Report
Mortimer, John; Rooks, Brian. Ed(S): Mortimer, John; Rooks, Brian
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Description for The International Robot Industry Report
Paperback. Editor(s): Mortimer, John; Rooks, Brian. Num Pages: 231 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, biography, VIII, 231 pp. BIC Classification: TBC; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 915.
Like many other new technologies which have since been seized and exploited by others, the industrial robot is a British invention. In 1957, a patent was produced by a British inventor, Cyril Walter Kenward, and later it became crucial to the future of robotics. For across the Atlantic two robot builders, Unimation and AMF, both infringed this patent and ultimately a cash settlement was made to Kenward. The owner of Unimation Inc. was Joseph Engelberger, an entrepreneur and avid reader of Isaac Asimov, the writer who helped to create the image of the benevolent robot. It is claimed that Engelberger's ... Read more
Like many other new technologies which have since been seized and exploited by others, the industrial robot is a British invention. In 1957, a patent was produced by a British inventor, Cyril Walter Kenward, and later it became crucial to the future of robotics. For across the Atlantic two robot builders, Unimation and AMF, both infringed this patent and ultimately a cash settlement was made to Kenward. The owner of Unimation Inc. was Joseph Engelberger, an entrepreneur and avid reader of Isaac Asimov, the writer who helped to create the image of the benevolent robot. It is claimed that Engelberger's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540163534
SKU
V9783540163534
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