%0 Report %@ 122 %A Rosen, Charles A., and Nitzan, David %T Use of Sensors in Programmable Automation %C 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025 %I AI Center, SRI International %D 1977 %K Sensors, Manufacturing, Automation %X If previous studies are any indication, there is a national need to develop advanced automation techniques to increase industrial productivity and to enhance the well-being of works by eliminating hard, dangerous, and dull jobs. In this paper we are concerned with the application of sensor-mediated programmable automation to material-handling, inspection, and assembly operations in batch-produced, discrete-part manufacturing. %O Reprinted from December 1977 IEEE Computer Society Magazine %U http://www.ai.sri.com/pubs/files/1418.pdf
