Equipment is now available for factory use to automate visual recognition, memorization, orientation, and inspection. Standard units scan a field of view in a thousandth of a second, extracting digitally‐coded signals which are uniquely related to the observed field. These signals are further...

With the word fluid we mean gases and liquids. With a fluid control system we mean a control system in which we use a fluid as the signal carrier. Those fluid control systems in which the fluid is not air or oil are few, at least in connection with industrial robots (IRb).

The increasing demand for industrial automation has finally reached the paint shops throughout the mechanical industry. The operations performed in most paint shops are stressing, i.e. monotonous ever‐repeating movements day in and day out, as conditions also can be unhealthy because the...

Not many automation tools have been so much discussed as the industrial robot. Starting about ten years ago, robots were first marketed as universal machines, capable of replacing man in a number of industrial jobs. Those robots sold slowly during the first several years, and the question was...

The possibilities of simple vision in the form of a four segment photodiode for locating and tracking objects are investigated. Logic algorithms set in a microprocessor are used to control the arm via simple on‐off pneumatic drives. The design of the type of arm used is also discussed.

This paper describes the use of a robot as palletizing machine in a factory where the sizes of the operates, and therefore also the palletizing patterns, are changed quite often. The main advantages of the robot, the versatility and the easy programming are therefore used to their full...

Yaskawa developed a new and unique motor‐operated handling equipment “Motohand®” which is used in various fields of industries. Today more than 300 sets are operating in actual production lines. According to the development of automation concept and tools, the main theme becomes the...

This paper is an overview of work done in a project in the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center which deals with the use of a computer‐controlled machine which can be programmed to do a wide variety of mechanical assemblies. Examples drawn from the application domain might be domestic utensils...

This work was instigated by the Science Research Council and has taken three years to complete.

The paper describes 3 applications of Robots used in the PILKINGTON GROUP and seeks to justify the selection of well developed equipment as a means of linking together sub‐processes quickly.