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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960344203321

Autore

Michelini Rinaldo C

Titolo

Robot-age knowledge changeover / / Rinaldo C. Michelini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-60876-390-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

Robotics research and technology

Disciplina

629.8/92

Soggetti

Robotics

Automation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Robot-Age Knowledge Changeover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Presentation -- Preface -- 1. The Industry Paradigms -- Uniqueness of the Capitalism Growth -- Lessons from the Mankind History -- Modes in the Knowledge Challenge -- 2. Industrialism Twilights -- Trends in Manufacture Technologies -- Towards the Knowledge Entrepreneurship -- Engineering Eco-Sound Businesses -- 3. The Knowledge Paradigms -- Paradigms in Robotics Complexity -- Mankind Loyalty and World Citizenship -- Questioning Looks to the Future -- 4. Robot in Manufacture Jobs -- Work Surrounding Structures -- The Shop-Floor Logistics -- The Robot Aids Integration -- 5. Robot in Service Applications -- Action Surrounding Choices -- Remote Overseen/Controlled Aids -- Autonomic Task-Driven Equipment -- 6. Remarks, Prospects and Conclusion -- Making the Globalisation Work -- The Ecologic Consistency Pledge -- The Robot Age Challenge -- An Outlook at the Content -- References -- Chapter 1. The Industry Paradigms -- Chapter 2. The Industrialism Twilights -- Chapter 3. The Knowledge Paradigms -- Chapter 4. Robots in Manufacture Jobs -- Chapter 5. Robots in Service Applications -- Chapter 6. Remarks, Prospects and Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The current division between industrialised and developing countries/societies is based on relatively recent paradigms of mankind's growth which have occurred within the so-called industrial revolution. This book explores alternative paradigms and looks at



different pathways to growth in the future.