Springer Handbook of Automation

Yukio Hasegawa Prof. (auth.), Prof. Shimon Y. Nof (eds.)978-3-540-78830-0, 978-3-540-78831-7

Automation is undergoing a major transformation in scope and dimension and plays an increasingly important role in the global economy and in our daily lives. Engineers combine automated devices with mathematical and organizational tools to create complex systems for a rapidly expanding range of applications and human activities. The Springer Handbook of Automation incorporates these new developments and presents a widespread and well-structured conglomeration of new emerging application areas of automation. Besides manufacturing as a primary application of automation, the handbook provides the most advanced, comprehensive, and balanced coverage of the technical and engineering aspects of automation. It covers all the major cutting-edge technologies of production automation and material handling, and contains new application areas such as medical systems and health, transportation, security and maintenance, service, construction and retail as well as production or logistics.

This Springer Handbook, edited by an internationally renowned and experienced expert is not only an ideal resource for automation experts but also for people new to this expanding field such as engineers, computer scientists, designers.

Key Topics

› Development and impacts of automation
› Theory and scientific foundations
› Design theory, elements, and methods including integration
› Industrial automation, infrastructure and service
› Medical and healthcare systems
› Home, office, and enterprise automation

Features

› Contains over 1005 color illustrations (including 222 four-color)
many from real-world industry sources and 149 tables
› Comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals
› Ideal resource not only for automation experts
› Emphasizes concepts over extensive mathematical derivations
› Goes beyond the applications in industrial settings
› Cross-referenced parts and chapters with summaries
› Detailed index and fully searchable DVD-ROM
guarantee quick access to data and links to other sources

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-lxxv
Front Matter….Pages 1-143
Advances in Robotics and Automation: Historical Perspectives….Pages 3-4
Advances in Industrial Automation: Historical Perspectives….Pages 5-11
Automation: What It Means to Us Around the World….Pages 13-52
A History of Automatic Control….Pages 53-69
Social, Organizational, and Individual Impacts of Automation….Pages 71-92
Economic Aspects of Automation….Pages 93-116
Impacts of Automation on Precision….Pages 117-126
Trends in Automation….Pages 127-143
Front Matter….Pages 145-313
Control Theory for Automation: Fundamentals….Pages 147-172
Control Theory for Automation – Advanced Techniques….Pages 173-198
Control of Uncertain Systems….Pages 199-219
Cybernetics and Learning Automata….Pages 221-235
Communication in Automation, Including Networking and Wireless….Pages 237-248
Artificial Intelligence and Automation….Pages 249-268
Virtual Reality and Automation….Pages 269-278
Automation of Mobility and Navigation….Pages 279-294
The Human Role in Automation….Pages 295-304
What Can Be Automated? What Cannot Be Automated?….Pages 305-313
Front Matter….Pages 315-525
Mechatronic Systems – A Short Introduction….Pages 317-331
Sensors and Sensor Networks….Pages 333-348
Front Matter….Pages 315-525
Industrial Intelligent Robots….Pages 349-363
Modeling and Software for Automation….Pages 365-380
Real-Time Autonomic Automation….Pages 381-404
Automation Under Service-Oriented Grids….Pages 405-416
Human Factors in Automation Design….Pages 417-436
Collaborative Human–Automation Decision Making….Pages 437-447
Teleoperation….Pages 449-468
Distributed Agent Software for Automation….Pages 469-486
Evolutionary Techniques for Automation….Pages 487-502
Automating Errors and Conflicts Prognostics and Prevention….Pages 503-525
Front Matter….Pages 527-695
Process Automation….Pages 529-543
Product Automation….Pages 545-558
Service Automation….Pages 559-569
Integrated Human and Automation Systems….Pages 571-598
Machining Lines Automation….Pages 599-617
Large-Scale Complex Systems….Pages 619-638
Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Engineering, and Visualization….Pages 639-652
Design Automation for Microelectronics….Pages 653-670
Safety Warnings for Automation….Pages 671-695
Front Matter….Pages 697-833
Economic Rationalization of Automation Projects….Pages 699-713
Front Matter….Pages 697-833
Quality of Service (QoS) of Automation….Pages 715-733
Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety….Pages 735-747
Product Lifecycle Management and Embedded Information Devices….Pages 749-765
Education and Qualification for Control and Automation….Pages 767-778
Software Management….Pages 779-795
Practical Automation Specification….Pages 797-808
Automation and Ethics….Pages 809-833
Front Matter….Pages 835-1059
Machine Tool Automation….Pages 837-857
Digital Manufacturing and RFID-Based Automation….Pages 859-879
Flexible and Precision Assembly….Pages 881-891
Aircraft Manufacturing and Assembly….Pages 893-910
Semiconductor Manufacturing Automation….Pages 911-926
Nanomanufacturing Automation….Pages 927-946
Production, Supply, Logistics and Distribution….Pages 947-959
Material Handling Automation in Production and Warehouse Systems….Pages 961-979
Industrial Communication Protocols….Pages 981-999
Automation and Robotics in Mining and Mineral Processing….Pages 1001-1013
Automation in the Wood and Paper Industry….Pages 1015-1026
Welding Automation….Pages 1027-1040
Automation in Food Processing….Pages 1041-1059
Front Matter….Pages 1061-1331
Construction Automation….Pages 1063-1078
The Smart Building….Pages 1079-1093
Automation in Agriculture….Pages 1095-1128
Control System for Automated Feed Plant….Pages 1129-1138
Securing Electrical Power System Operation….Pages 1139-1163
Vehicle and Road Automation….Pages 1165-1180
Air Transportation System Automation….Pages 1181-1213
Flight Deck Automation….Pages 1215-1239
Space and Exploration Automation….Pages 1241-1252
Cleaning Automation….Pages 1253-1264
Automating Information and Technology Services….Pages 1265-1284
Library Automation….Pages 1285-1298
Automating Serious Games….Pages 1299-1311
Automation in Sports and Entertainment….Pages 1313-1331
Front Matter….Pages 1333-1466
Automatic Control in Systems Biology….Pages 1335-1360
Automation and Control in Biomedical Systems….Pages 1361-1378
Automation in Hospitals and Healthcare….Pages 1379-1396
Medical Automation and Robotics….Pages 1397-1407
Rotary Heart Assist Devices….Pages 1409-1422
Medical Informatics….Pages 1423-1432
Front Matter….Pages 1333-1466
Nanoelectronic-Based Detection for Biology and Medicine….Pages 1433-1449
Computer and Robot-Assisted Medical Intervention….Pages 1451-1466
Front Matter….Pages 1467-1670
Automation in Home Appliances….Pages 1469-1483
Service Robots and Automation for the Disabled/Limited….Pages 1485-1502
Automation in Education/Learning Systems….Pages 1503-1527
Enterprise Integration and Interoperability….Pages 1529-1538
Decision Support Systems….Pages 1539-1548
Collaborative e-Work, e-Business, and e-Service….Pages 1549-1576
e-Commerce….Pages 1577-1596
Business Process Automation….Pages 1597-1612
Automation in Financial Services….Pages 1613-1627
e-Government….Pages 1629-1643
Collaborative Analytics for Astrophysics Explorations….Pages 1645-1670
Front Matter….Pages 1671-1701
Automation Statistics….Pages 1673-1701
Back Matter….Pages 1703-1812