dw_junon from Geekhack acquired and uploaded this video (quite a crazy story about how he got his hands on it) of an IBM demonstration of some of their industrial robots. It so happens that from about a minute and a half in, the video shows how IBM used the robots to automate the manufacture of Model F keyboards in their Greenock plant in Scotland. It's very interesting to see how these things were assembled in the factory.
IBM Video - Manufacture of Model Fs by IBM 7535/7565 robots
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webwit
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Great video, I always wanted to see that. Makes me sad that IBM now is a... well what is it.. service company? I bet my phone has more processing power than that industrial cpu.
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nathanscribe
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Agreed,a nice find - thanks for that.
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Redmaus
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Watched the whole thing, enjoyed.
Hope sometime in the future when manufacturing is more cost effective IBM will buy Unicomp and make these again.
Its a long shot though.
Hope sometime in the future when manufacturing is more cost effective IBM will buy Unicomp and make these again.
Its a long shot though.