Manufacturing technologies: DIY, robot

Posted on 6 Feb 2012
Do-it-yourself modular robotics are slashing the cost of automation, finds Malcolm Wheatley. Robots in manufacturing are hardly new. First gaining a toehold in the late 1970s and early 1980s, today such names as Kuka, Hitachi, ABB, and Unimation are a familiar sight in manufacturers within the automotive, aerospace, domestic appliance and heavy engineering industries. But…

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