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Finally, a few industrial applications using the presented techniques and systems
are presented. The book includes a chapter on “Robotic Welding: Application
Examples”, where a few selected applications are described in detail including
aspects related to software, hardware, system integration and industrial
exploitation. This chapter uses actual robots, but it is presented in a general way so
that the interested reader can easily explore his own interest.

A good collection of references is also presented at the end of each chapter, to
enable the reader to explore further from the literature.

1.5 References

[1] M. Rosheim, “Robot Evolution: The Development of Anthrobots”, New York: John
Willey & Sons, 1994.
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on Industrial Robotics, New Trends and Perspectives (http://robotics.dem.uc.pt/ir99/),
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[6] United Nations and International Federation of Robots, “World Industrial Robots
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