Vintage Introduction To Robotics James Rehg Engineering Textbook Hardcover

Title: Introduction to Robotics: A Systems Approach

Author: James A. Rehg, Director, Robotics Resource Center, Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, South Carolina.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632.

Year: 1985; first printing indicated by number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

Format: Hardcover engineering and technology textbook on industrial robotics.

ISBN: 0-13-495581-1 (ISBN-10); Library of Congress data lists subject as Robotics, call number TJ211.R43 1985.

Printed in the United States of America; part of the Prentice-Hall International series with worldwide distribution imprints listed inside.

Overview: The author introduces industrial robots from a systems perspective, covering basic terms, robot configurations used in industry, sensors, end-of-arm tooling, interfacing, programming, controller operation, safety, and staff training, with emphasis on advantages and disadvantages of current robot systems to support practical decision-making.

Table of contents highlights: Chapter 1 Introduction to Industrial Robots, Chapter 2 Robot Classification, Chapter 3 End-of-Arm Tooling, Chapter 4 Robot and Controller Operation, Chapter 5 Sensors and Interfacing, Chapter 6 Robot Programming, Chapter 7 Safety, Chapter 8 Human Interface: Operator Training, Acceptance, Problems, plus Appendices A and B and an Index.

Features described on the back cover include: classification technique covering over 300 robot models from more than 60 manufacturers, coverage of all basic sensors and interfaces for current and future manufacturing systems, flexible modular approach allowing chapters to be read independently, end-of-chapter projects involving automation exercises and the use of microcomputers, and over 130 illustrations and photographs of robot systems.

Interior front pages show publisher information, copyright © 1985 by Prentice-Hall, Inc., and editorial and production credits including interior design by Lynn S. Frankel and cover design by Whitman Studio, Inc.

Previous owner\'s name is handwritten on the front endpaper.