Re: Book announcement

[Gerald Levy <glevy@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> A robot can build a car. But a robot cannot buy a car... The
> explosion in the development of computer- and robotic-based
> manufacturing is seeing the rapid expansion of laborless
> production systems.

Robots can NOT (presently) build cars. While it is true that many
operations in an auto assembly plant can and have been robotized
(especially within the paint and body shop departments), an auto assembly
plant still requires significant amounts of human laborers. "Laborless
production systems" (e.g. flexible manufacturing systems) are mostly used
in small batch manufacturing plants rather than assembly plants.

Jerry