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To: Jenna who wrote (82829)2/14/2000 1:41:00 PM
From: lizard lick   of 120523
 
FARO is waking up

sector news out today and this one has been beaten down for a long time

ADVISORY/US Carmakers Push Demand for Robotics
(Business Wire 02/14 13:00:15)

Business Editors/Automotive Writers

ADVISORY...

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2000--

TOPIC: Orders for industrial robots surged 20 percent in 1999,
pushed largely by American automakers, the Financial Times reported.
According to the United Nations Economic Commission and the
International Federation of Robotics, American automakers ordered 60
percent more robots in 1999. The surge in robot use in integrated
manufacturing systems follows a relative drop in robot prices.

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to comment on this story:

A. Galip Ulsoy is a professor at the University of Michigan
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. He is an
expert on control of mechanical manufacturing systems, including
robotics, in the automotive industry.

Shraga Shoval is a professor at Technion in Israel. He is an
expert on analysis of robot motion performance and integration of
robots in manufacturing systems.

Prabhat Hajela is a professor of Aeronautical Engineering &
Mechanics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is an expert on
automotive design and structural systems.

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