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Article: Robots Move to the Mainstream.(an interview with Donald Vincent of Robotics Industry Association)(Interview)
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- Design News
- Article date:
- September 24, 2007
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By Lawrence D. Maloney, Contributing Editor
Industry leader Don Vincent charts the history of a powerful automation tool
Once feared by unions as a threat to job security, robots are now viewed by organized labor as a means for improving the quality of work life - and ironically, protection against the movement of jobs offshore.
Time can do a lot to change attitudes, says Donald Vincent, who recently retired after nearly 25 years of leading the Robotics Industry Assn. (RIA), an Ann Arbor, MI, trade group that has grown to more than 250 member companies. 'When I became executive vice president in 1983, many people thought robotics was going to be ...