Index: p. 300-306.

This book describes the necessary principles which must be developed for a robot to generate its own programs with the knowledge of the world in the CAD system. The reader is taken through the basic theory of automatic robot programming and the representation of product information in a CAD system suitable for making inferences about the product planning. Issues of how a task is represented to the machine are addressed in detail, including spatial relationships and bills of materials. This task specification is based on a more contemporary view of the CAD system. The principles which govern automatic robot programming are clearly explained withm the application area of assembly Theory of Automatic Robot Assembly and Programming is suitable for: graduate students in industrial, mechanical, manufacturing and: electrical engineering, as well as computer science; researchers in universities, national laboratories and industry; practising engineers, computer scientists and managers of the production function who desire to keep abreast of the technology or to use robots in their facilities. This book is also appropriate for a course in robot programming, machine programming and robotic assembly. It can also serve as a major part of a course in robotics or any other automated manufacturing course.