Abstract
This is a phenomenological survey of the history of computer-controlled manufacturing systems over the last thirty years. First, came the dreams of the imminent push-button factory, controlled by a central computer. Then, the nightmare experiences of the first pioneers, contending simultaneously with inadequate hardware, software, skill, funding, receptivity and their own underestimation of the extra dimension of unprecedented interdisciplinary complexity. Finally today's realities: the possibilities opened up by distributed multiprocessor systems, by local area networks and by advanced systems synthesis techniques, the limitations imposed by investment, education, employment and environmental considerations.
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