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ISBN: 9780133128741

Author: Serope Kalpakjian, Steven Schmid

Publisher: Prentice Hall

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The term automation refers to the technique through which the creation of an apparatus takes place using an automatic process or a system. Let us try to understand this with an example.

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Chapter 39, Problem 26QLP

Are robots always a component of an FMC? Explain.

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