Abstract
An industrial robot is usually purchased complete with mechanical structure, drive electronics, controlling computer and embedded programming language. The robot is a single unit, to be used or abandoned as a whole, even though it contains a mix of technologies including that volatile and obsolescent commodity, software. Purchasers are likely to find manufacturers unwilling to upgrade an older model to take advantage of a software improvement, recommending replacement of the whole system instead.
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Billingsley, J. (1991). Design Aspects of a Robot Coordinated by a Desktop Computer. In: Tzafestas, S.G. (eds) Microprocessors in Robotic and Manufacturing Systems. Microprocessor-Based Systems Engineering, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3812-3_6
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