ROBOT WARS
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE OPPORTINITY for companies to buy efficient robots to tackle unpopular or dangerous jobs is increasing fast, with orders for industrial robots rising by 18% worldwide January-June this year, a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) report has said. The World Robotics 2004 survey, co-produced by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), says the price of the robots in proportion to human labour costs has fallen from a factor of 100 in 1990 to 15 for "radically improved robots" in Germany and to 12 of similarly high quality ...
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