Outlook report on the future of European assembly automation

Assembly Automation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-31

  Onori, Mauro ^a   Barata Oliveira, José ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNINOVA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assembly; Automation; Europe

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION; ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS; ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EVOLVABLE; GLOBALISATION; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; POLITICAL ASPECTS; ROADMAP; SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM; TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS; TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS; ULTRA PRECISION;

AUTOMATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77949444412     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445151011016028     Document Type: Article

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