Rosie the robot, laboratory automation and the Second World War, 1941 to 1945

Laboratory Robotics and Automation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 105-112

  Olsen, Kevin K ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; FACTORY AUTOMATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

LABORATORY AUTOMATION;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 0030675567     PISSN: 08957533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2728(1997)9:3<105::AID-LRA2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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