PRODUCTS: DO'S AND DON'T'S

This paper points out that all engineering responsibilities--from the design engineer, who starts it all, right on through manufacturing to the final end effect, off the assembly line, including process engineering and quality control--play a large part in putting robots successfully in a specific industrial environment. Also, to move robotics into practical, profitable use, from the first time the first part is made all the way through until the final product drives off the assembly line, there is need for a continuous dialogue and interaction between the design engineer, the process engineer, and the material handling engineer. A discussion of various applications of robotics illustrates these points. In conclusion, an inverse pyramid theory of personnel training for robotics technology is proposed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • SAE Detroit Section Mini Symposium--"Designing Your Product for Robotics," held November 3, 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Bannister, R
• Publication Date: 1982-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 31-34
• Serial:
  • SAE Special Publications
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Automation; Automobile industry; Conferences; Design; Industrial robots; Materials management; Robotics; Training
• Old TRIS Terms: Processing
• Subject Areas: Design; Education and Training; Freight Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369298
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP-517, HS-033 324, HS-033 325
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1982 12:00AM