Industrial Automation and Robotics - Hardcover

Westcott, Jean Riescher; Gupta, A.K.; Arora, S.K.

 
9781683929611: Industrial Automation and Robotics

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This updated edition presents an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of automation and robotics for industrial applications. The book initially covers the important concepts of hydraulics and pneumatics and how they are used for automation in an industrial setting. It then moves to a discussion of circuits and using them in hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluidic design. The latter part of the book deals with electric and electronic controls in automation and final chapters are devoted to robotics, robotic programming, and applications of robotics in industry. New chapters on UAVs (Ch. 19) and AI in Industrial Automation (Ch. 20) are featured. The companion files include numerous video tutorial projects. FEATURES: Begins with introductory concepts on automation, hydraulics, and pneumatics Features new chapters on UAVs (Ch. 19) and AI in Industrial Automation (Ch. 20) Covers sensors, PLC's, microprocessors, transfer devices and feeders, robotic sensors, robotic grippers, and robot programming Companion files have video projects, history of robotics, and figures from the text

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jean Riescher Westcott is the co-author of Basic Electronics, 4th Edition; Industrial Automation and Robotics, 1st Edition; and Video Game Addiction. Together Jean and Sean Westcott have written Digitally Daunted: The Consumer s Guide to the Technology in Your Life and The Complete Idiot s Guide to Electronics 101.

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