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Robotomation: Challenges to Innovative Manufacturing by the Industrial Robot

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Managing Innovation and Change

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It has been only two decades since the industrial robot was adopted; however, its importance in manufacturing has increased constantly, especially in the last five years. According to recent predictions, the demand for industrial robots in Japan has tripled in volume from 1980 to 1984. Even if it were to decline in a business upturn, the mean annual rate of 15% will be maintained, doubling in the period from 1985 to 1990 when the population of industrial robots is expected to be 557,000.

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  1. Akira Nomoto
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  1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Sven B. Lundstedt

  2. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Thomas H. Moss

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Nomoto, A. (1989). Robotomation: Challenges to Innovative Manufacturing by the Industrial Robot. In: Lundstedt, S.B., Moss, T.H. (eds) Managing Innovation and Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7835-6_15

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