Operations and Supply Chain Management
Operations and Supply Chain Management
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024023
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher: MCG
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To explain: If robots have to be trained.

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The usage of robots has increased in the past decade and will continue to increase in the near future. There are different types of robots and each one of them might require a different kind of programming.

But every robot must be given some training to obey certain commands. Training is necessary for robots because it might help identify some potential execution flaws in the programming of a robot. Robot training is a way to ensure that a particular robot will be able to perform the stipulated commands in an efficient manner.

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