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This robotics research is done at the College of Business Management & Information Technology at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa under the direction of Instructor Brian Burkhardt
ROBOTICS
is an industrial automation tool for
Flexible Manufacturing Systems
The
word "robot"
comes from the Czech word "robota", meaning "forced labor"
The word robotics was first used in Isaac
Asimov's science fiction story Liar! (1941).
Robotics are primarily integrated with machines in a work cell (see below) and selected to first reduce labor costs and second perform work that have been called "4 D jobs" (dull, dirty, dangerous, and difficult)
RESEARCH
FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES
Wikipedia
| Robotics
Online | Engineeringtalk
| The Robot Store |
Source Tool | Direct
Industry | RFID
| Hydraulics
& Pneumatics | Sensors
| ROBOT Magazine | Managing
Automation | Automation.com |
IEEE Robotics & Automation
Society
|
ISA |
Robotics & Automation
Magazine |
Robotics in Agriculture
|
www.ieee.org
|
National Robotics
Challenge |
SME
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NASA
Robotics |
International
Space Station Robot|
|
Robotic Airplane
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Space.com
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Mars
Exploration Rover
Graphic created
by Scott to illustrate robotic work cells, cellular manufacturing
and data collection technolgies
Industrial Robots Manufacturers
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KUKA | FANUC | The ABB Group | Mitsubishi | Koops | Motoman | Automated Concepts | Staubl Roboticsi | DENSO | Yamaha | Epson I adept | belotti | Columbia okura | DS Technologies l Sames | PI | COMAU | JANOME | promot l LaserMark | REIS ROBOTICS | EFD | Hirata | Rexroth | I&J FISNAR | BROKK | EROWA | FIBRO | Rockwell Automation | LIEBHERR | WESTECH | REMAK | Vtek | KHS | Peak Robotics | Thermo Electron Corp.| S L S | DURR | BEUMER | Cermex| EHCOLO | Newtec | Hyundai | Montech | SPN | Wittman | Brandel | Industrial Automation | PAAL | FEINTOOL | GETECHA | Battenfeld | ENGEL | mta automation | Material Handling Mgnt
End Effectors for industrial robots
Automation
Tooling Systems | ATI
| RFID Inc. | Robts
for Welding | Machine Design
| MIT RFID
| NASA | Techno-isel
| NASA Tech | Technet
| USM Maine | Robo
Hand | Positecht
| Rivets in Stock | SAS
Gripper | | |
Sensors and encoders for robots
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Primidi
| Robterus
| Sensors Magazines
| Grainger |
Digikey |
Banner Engineering |
Edmund Optics | Melexis
| Factory Automation |
Analog Devices, Inc |
National Instruments | Onset
Computer Corp. | Figaro
USA | Solartron
metrology | Laser Technology |
Sensor Developements Inc.
iC-Haus | MicroStrain|
Wireless Orientation Sensor
| EMX Industries |Inertia-Link
| Microstrain | Shockwatch
| MTS | Peter
Paul Electronics | Deshner
| Lynch Electronics | WEBTEC
| Adalet Wireless | Advanced
Optical Components | Aeroflex
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Safety devices for industrial
robots
KUKA
|SICK Optic
|Clippard
Instument Labratory | Parker
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Robots for Entertainment
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PDA
Robotics | iRobot
| The Online
Robot Shop | I-cybie | Superdroid
Robots| | | | HP
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My first introduction to robots was
watching "Lost in Space"
in 1965 
