00100	advantages of robots in automation
00200	
00300	a)  direct sensor input from tools in modes not natural for humans
00305	b)  high data rate from sensors to control to effectors
00350		Humans are
00400		faster when information can be input to their visual or
00500		auditory systems which are highly parallel, but much information
00600		cannot be directly input.
01000	To bring about a transfer of technology from the laboratory to pilot
01100	production, several concurrent phases are necessary:
01200		systematize hardware (cost conscious)
01300			Scheinman arm
01400			sensor study
01500			standard interface and pan/tilt for visual devices
01600			adopt commercial visual hardware
01700		systematize software and interaction
01800			hand/eye system
01900			drawing program
02000			experience with low/cost graphics
02100		ease of problem specification
02200			visual representation
02300			geometric editor
02400			visual input
02500			perceptual strategies
02600		standardize economical computer configuration
02700			alternative is de facto standards at lower level
02800			powerful force for guiding manufacturers of minis
02900		provide powerful modules to broaden engineering choices
03000		design inherent reliability.
03100			continuous self-calibration
03200			disaster detection and contingency planning
03300			wide latitude in tolerances
03400			low incremental cost in quality control
03500			continuous monitoring of function and product quality
03600	
04000	A plant would normally have a central time-sharing system which would
04100	monitor and schedule operations of machines and subsystems.  That
04200	provides a natural subdivision of abilities between the small computers
04300	which would control one or more machines, and the central system which
04400	would provide file storage and software support for large programs.
04500	Thus, we would find that the central computer would support:
04600		interactive job specification
04700			mechanical computer-aided design (CAMD)
04800		strategies
04900		complex vision for recovery (interrupt basis from minis)
05000	while the small machines would have, in addition to the arm control
05100	and contingency planning described above:
05200		visual feedback prediction and verification (Gill)
05300		edge and line finder (Hueckel)
05400		corner finder (Gill)
05500		region finder (Baumgart)
05600		color regions
05700		2-D template matching of shape
05800		access to large machine for contingency
06000	overall significance of information sciences in industry
06100		batch production
06200		control of scheduling, resource allocation, flow routing
06300		commonality of design
06400			find common fabrication and assembly operations
06500			find more common components
06600		increased understandibility and communication
06700			availibility of information
06800				keep track of delayed effects of design decisions
06900				cuts cost of preparation and transmission
07000				increased accessibility of information