An automated machining cell installed at Flight Refuelling in the UK was described at the recent FMS‐4 conference in Stockholm

Heavy investments in robotics and automation have recently been made at Volvo's Truck Division in Umeå, Sweden. Anna Kochan reports.

Using Computer Aided Robot Simulation in the development of a robotised production line.

Against a background of falling demand for tractors Massey‐Ferguson is making a substantial investment in its Coventry factory.

The Essen Welding Fair reflected many new developments over a wide range of advanced manufacturing technology. John Mortimer reports.

Japan puts the emphasis on assembly, while growth is not what it used to be. John Hartley reports.

Launched in a blaze of publicity over three years ago recent performance figures about Automatix show the claims were not misplaced. Brian Rooks has been looking at the company's performance and its present products and applications.

Japan's robot industry is engaged in a major shift in its production emphasis towards more sophisticated types of robots, according to the latest update of statistical information by Paul Aron of Daiwa Securities America.

One ofthefirst 3D vision‐guided welding robots in production has gone to work in the tough environment of a Norfolk and Western railroad repair shop.

It will soon be possible for almost anyone to sign up for a course in robotics. And, however rusty your mathematics or electronics knowledge is, you should acquire basic robotics literacy in just 120 hours.