Cantitate/Preț
Produs

The International Robot Industry Report

Autor John Mortimer, Brian Rooks
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 iun 1987
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 journey of fame down the road which led to him being hailed as the 'father of robotics' can be traced to the day that he met George C. Devol at a cocktail party. Devol was an inventor with an impressive list of patents to his name in the electronics field. One of Devol's patent applications referred to a Programmed Transfer Article. Devol's patent was issued in 1961 as US Patent 2,988,237, and this formed the basis of the Unimate robot which first saw the light of day in 1960. The first Unimate was sold to Ford Motor Company which used it to tend a die-casting machine. It is perhaps ironic that the first robot was used by a company which refused to recognise the machine as a robot, preferring instead to call it a Universal Transfer Device.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 62824 lei

Preț vechi: 73911 lei
-15% Nou

Puncte Express: 942

Preț estimativ în valută:
12022 12644$ 10045£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 09-23 ianuarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783540163534
ISBN-10: 3540163530
Pagini: 244
Ilustrații: VIII, 231 p. 78 illus.
Dimensiuni: 210 x 297 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Public țintă

Research

Cuprins

Company Profiles.- Company Profiles.