Automate or innervate? The role of knowledge in advanced manufacturing systems

AI and Society 3 (3):198-208 (1989)
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Abstract

This chapter examines the role of shopfloor knowledge in the operation of advanced manufacturing systems. Design trends towards full automation are contrasted with those toward hybrid, human-centred systems with particular emphasis on job design and the development and reproduction of knowledge. The chapter concludes with a short discussion of the problems inherent in hybrid design

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