The potential and the problems of off‐line robot programming are outlined

A mobile sentry only 54cm tall has been designed by Sandia Laboratories with US government support, to patrol high‐security buildings.

The diffusion process for industrial robots in West Germany is forecast up to the year 2000.

The controversy increases over which robots are best for assembly, while more very simple robots are introduced. John Hartley reports.

Significant gains in productivity have been achieved by JC Bamford Excavators. Brian Rooks visited the company's Rocester factory and found a surprising ‘problem’.

Ford has invested over £100,000,000 at Southampton, UK and Genk, Belgium, to automate van body production and reduce labour costs in that area of manufacture. John Mortimer reports.

From its early beginnings in welding Cloos is now a fully‐fledged robot manufacturer with an advanced 24 robot four‐cell complex on order from BMW.

The US National Bureau of Standards recently showed its Automated Manufacturing Research Facility. Advanced techniques and communication developed are aimed to help US industry.

An expert system has been developed by Cranfield Institute of Technology to assist in the selection of the correct robot for an industrial process

The effects of the introduction of advanced manufacturing technology were examined in a recent survey