Lecture notes for this course are available. Katalinic B.: Industrieroboter und flexible Fertigugnssysteme für Drehteile, VDI Verlag, ISBN 3-18-401027-9, Düsseldorf 1990 Kusiak, A.: Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1990 Dorf, R.C.: International Encyclopedia of Robotics, John Wiley & Sohns, ISBN 0-471-87868-5 (Set), New York, 1988 Ueda, K.: Biological Manufacturing Systems Annals & Proceedings of DAAAM International, DAAAM International Vienna, Editor B. Katalinic, Vienna