Schriftenreihe der Wissenschaftlichen Landesakademie fur Niederosterreich

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2 Schriftenreihe der Wissenschaftlichen Landesakademie fur Niederosterreich

3 Sabine Stifter, Jadran Lenarcic (eds.) Advances in Robot Kinematics figures. XIV, 484 pages. Soft cover DM 148,-, os 1036, ISBN Prices are subject to change without notice This volume includes a selection of papers presented at the second workshop on Robot Kinematics held in Linz, September 10-12, The papers present new results and overviews on various aspects of robot kinematics such as modelling and computation, analysis and design, motion planning and control, inverse kinematics calculations, kinematic redundancy, and parallel mechanisms. Special emphasis was put on the investigation of symbolic computation techniques for problems in robot kinematics. Springer-Verlag Wien GmbH

4 v Preface Austria has a long tradition in interdisciplinary research in IFAC. For example in 1983 the first IFAC Workshop on "Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability (SWIIS)" was organized in Laxenburg near Vienna. On this occasion the IFAC Working Group on "SWIIS" was founded. During the last IF AC Congress in Tallinn the Committee on Social Effects of Automation installed a new Working Group on "Cultural Aspects of Automation" and the Austrian NMO suggested to have the first Workshop on this topic in Austria. According to one of the main goals of the Scientific Academy of Lower Austria in Krems this Workshop took place there. The organizer, the "Austrian Center for Productivity and Efficiency" as the Austrian IF AC-NMO and the Department of "Systems Engineering and Automation" of the Academy of Lower Austria welcomed participants from different research disciplines, like control engineering, systems engineering, sociology, art, philosophy, and politics. The international programme committee had to select papers of high scientific level. These papers served only for initiating intensive discussions. Main topics of these discussions were technology design, automation software and culture, social conditions, education, computer and art, design of man-machine-systems, CIM and culture as well as appropriate methods for interdisciplinary research. Approximately 50 % of the participants were from Eastern Europe. Therefore special emphasis was given to the influence of automation at different cultures, especially Eastern and Western cultures. As a first result from the Workshop one of the next tasks of this new IFAC-Working Group should be the design, development, and construction on automation devices taking under consideration the cultural aspects. This first Workshop has fullfilled the main goal for scientists of different research disciplines to define a common vocabulary working together on research projects. In this Proceedings Volume the scientifc contributions to this Workshop are collected. The authors had to finish their manuscripts in camera-ready form. Therefore the editors aren't responsible for the contents of each contribution as well as the grammar. The editors thank the contributors for their efforts to offer high-quality material, the publishing company and A. Weichselbaum, N. Stanek and A. Binder for retyping and editing some papers. Krems, December 1991 P. Kopacek NOC-Chairman J. Forslin IPC-Chairman

5 VII Contents Opening of the Workshop, N. Roszenich (A)... 1 From Fragmentation to Integration.Summary of an Introduction to a Workshop on Cultural Aspects of Automation, J. Forslin (N)... 3 Background and Interfaces of Automation in Finland, A.J. Niemi (SF)... 6 Prospective Autonomy of Automation, J.L. Elohim (MEX) A Rational Basis for Determining an Appropriate Level of Automation Technology, N. Learmont and M.G. Rodd (UK) The Impact of Information Technology on the Culture of Counselling, M. Molnar (A) Historical and Present Situation of Automation in Czechoslovakia from the Cultural and Sociological Points of View, P. Vavrin (CS) "East-West" Approaches of Automation: a Case-Study, L.K. Blach, K. Cybinska-Pirog, J.B. Lewoc and M. Rozent (PL) Automation Success Factors as Seen from a Developing Country, J. Cernetic and S. Strmcnik (SLO) Anthropocentric (or Human-centred) Technologies in Europe - Experiences and Perspectives, D. Brandt (D) Productivity and Culture: Some Elements for the Design of a Nation's Project in the Face of the World Economic Restructuration at the End of the Twentieth Century, C. Armendariz and A. Pacheco (MEX) Training of Human Resources for Automation Design in Developing Countries, L. del Re and W. Ipanaque (CH) Socio-Economic Validation of a Modular Combinative and Non-Hierarchical Approach of Integrated Production Systems, C. Everaere and C. Mahieu (F) Computer Aided Creative Process in Fine Arts, D. Sirbu (RO) and P. Kopacek (A) A Tutorial on Computers in Visual Arts, D. Sirbu, V. Sirbu (RO) and P. Kopacek (A) Cultural Barriers for Work Automation in Developing Countries, E. Oliva-LOpez and F. Bojorquez (MEX)... 72

6 VIII A Professionally-Disillusioned Generation - Can There Be Found Any Remedies?, o. Pastravanu and C. Lazar (RO) Comparative Study of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, C. Imamichi (J) Development Trends of a Culture of Safety in Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Process Industries, H.J. Weillbach (D) A Few Contradictory Aspects of Automation in Manufacturing Processes in the Post-Revolutionary Era in Czechoslovakia, L. Javorcik and M. Lenart (CS) Philosophical Impacts on Technology, P. Kampits and E. Vogt (A) Automation Might Mean Search for Freedom, J.L. Elohim (MEX)

7 ~ - '" ~ 1" '" - f "'''''!'!o,>"" - ]. Forslin and P. Kopacek (eds.) Cultural Aspects of Autotnation Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Workshop on Cultural Aspects of Automation, October 1991, Krems, Austria Springer-Verlag Wien GmbH

8 J. Forslin U niversity of Bergen, Bergen, N orway P. Kopacek Scientific Academy of Lower Austria, Krems, Austria This work is subject to copyright. Ali rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machines or similar means, and storage in data banks by Springer-Verlag Wien Originally published by Springer-Verlag/Wien 1992 Printed on acid-free paper With 21 Figures ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI /