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Eyes on the line: vision-enabled robots are helping factories to keep the production lines rolling, even when the parts are out of place

Authors :
Ehrenman, Gayle
Source :
Mechanical Engineering-CIME. August 2005, Vol. 127 Issue 8, p25, 3 p.
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Industrial robots have evolved considerably since Joseph Engelberger and George Devol's Unimate was installed at a General Motors plant to extract molded parts from die-casting machines in the late 1950s. [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00256501
Volume :
127
Issue :
8
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Mechanical Engineering-CIME
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.135381022