ESPRIT and Robotics Europe -- Performance characteristics and performance testing of industrial robots - state of the art -- Project for development of a photogrammetric method for the evaluation of the dynamic performance of industrial robots -- Dynamic performance measurement of robot arms -- Application of the experimental modal-analysis in the performance testing procedure of industrial robots -- A review of safety standards -- Safety of robot installations in France -- Assessment of programmable electronic systems with particular reference to robotics -- Occupational safety and industrial robots - present stage of discussions within the tripartite group on robotic safety -- Towards developing reliability and safety related standards using systematic methodologies -- International standards activities in the field of industrial robots -- Standardization in the industrial robot field -- International standardisation related to industrial robots -- Robot languages in the eighties -- Robot programming using a high-level language and CAD facilities -- Implicit robot programming based on a high level explicit system and using the robot data base RODABAS -- Robot architecture for the integration of robots into manufacturing cells -- The development of a European benchmark for the comparison of assembly robot programming systems.