The business method at issue in Johnston was claimed as a "machine system for automatic record-keeping of bank checks and deposits."

Within two decades these computer techniques were integral to the analysis of complex machine systems and the control of robot manipulators.

The elements of control are easy to identify in machine systems.

He stated that this was the only way to destroy the corrupt "machine" system.

Living machine systems can greatly reduce this sludge by conversion into biomass.

It is difficult to make a generalization about economic comparisons because thus far living machine systems have only been built for single commercial buildings.

They forget that machine systems are human creations and thus have limits of reliability.

His interest in self-replicating machine systems has been recognized by Discover Magazine as one of seven ideas that could change the world.

Flush all lines with clean hot water from the machine system.

The principal focus of the book is on self-replicating machine systems (see also: robot kinematics).