V knige rassmatrivayutsya voprosy issledovaniya, razrabotki, sozdaniya i vnedreniya v proizvodstvo gornykh robototekhnologicheskikh kompleksov s adaptivno- programmnym upravleniem selektivnoy vyemki pologikh, naklonnykh, krutonaklonnykh, krutykh plastovykh mestorozhdeniy poleznykh iskopaemykh so slozhnymi gorno-geologicheskimi usloviyami. Privedeny kachestvennye i kolichestvennye kharakteristiki, printsipy deystviya gornykh avtomaticheskikh manipulyatorov VMF-5 i VMF-6. Kniga prednaznachena dlya spetsialistov gornykh i stroitel'nykh spetsial'nostey, nauchnykh rabotnikov, konstruktorov, rabotayushchikh v ugol'noy, kaliynoy, fosforitnoy, slantsevoy i gornorudnoy promyshlennosti, a takzhe nauchnykh rabotnikov zanimayushchikhsya robototekhnicheskikh sistem, studentam vuzov tekhnicheskikh spetsial'nostey.