Decade of Robotics: Special Tenth Anniversary Issue of the Industrial Robot Magazine

John Mortimer, (editor-In-Chief)

ISBN 10: 3540125450 / ISBN 13: 9783540125457

Published by Springer Verlag / IFS Publications, New York, NY, 1983

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Near Fine in Wraps: shows the slightest rubbing to the upper outside edge of the front panel; else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting, marginalia or marks to the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, showing the mildest wear at one spot. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (11.65 x 8.2 x 0.35 inches) . 168 pages. Language: English. Weight: 19.8 ounces. First Edition (1983) , unstated. Academic Press Paperback.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decade of Robotics: Special Tenth Anniversary Issue of the Industrial Robot Magazine
• Publisher: Springer Verlag / IFS Publications, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540125450
• ISBN 13: 9783540125457
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition (1983), unstated.

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Synopsis

HERE are two views about the story of King T Canute and the incoming tide. One version has it that he was stupid enough to think that he was such a powerful King that he could stop the tide coming in. The other version suggests that he was demonstrating to his stick-in-the-mud advisers that not even a King as powerful as himself could tum back the tide. Either version has obvious applications to a number ofBritish industrial enterprises. The simple fact is that there is no way the incoming tide of robots can be turned back. There are three options. Face it out and drown; retreat before it, that roughly equates to importing foreign made robots which means exporting employment; or make the most ofit, which entails investing in the rapidly developing robot industry and thereby creating wealth and employment at home. There is no doubt that the design and manufacturing talent is available. I only hope that the Captains of British Industry will take heed of the second version of the story ofKing Canute . .