Article ID: | iaor1992208 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 32 |
Start Page Number: | 25 |
End Page Number: | 27 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
Authors: | Wilson G.T. |
Keywords: | industrial robots |
This article discusses the first time use of industrial robots from the viewpoint of the smaller firm. Robots should be evaluated like any other piece of expensive machinery; do not be misled by Hollywood’s robots. Sometimes a robot is not even needed, just something as simple as a wooden peg.