Industrial Automation and Robotics: An Introduction

A.K. Gupta · S.K. Arora · Jean Riescher Westcott

Nov 2016 · Mercury Learning and Information

About this ebook

The purpose of this book is to present an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of automation and robotics for industrial applications. The companion files include numerous video tutorial projects and a chapter on the history and modern applications of robotics. 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.

eBook Customers: Companion files are available for downloading with order number/proof of purchase by writing to the publisher at [e-mail].

Features:

* Begins with introductory concepts on automation, hydraulics, and pneumatics
* Covers sensors, PLC's, microprocessors, transfer devices and feeders, robotic sensors, robotic grippers, and robot programming

About the author

A.K. Gupta has been an instructor of mechanical engineering for over ten years and has had numerous research papers published in peer-reviewed international journals in this field.

S.K. Arora is a university instructor and researcher.

Jean Riescher Westcott is the co-author of Industrial Automation and Robotics 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.