Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!cmcl2!lanl!nmsu!opus!ted From: ted@nmsu.edu (Ted Dunning) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Micro rovers vs. Stompers Message-ID: Date: 3 Jul 90 22:06:07 GMT References: <9792@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: news@NMSU.edu Organization: NMSU Computer Science Lines: 25 In-reply-to: gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu's message of 2 Jul 90 20:47:35 GMT truly amazing, at the beginning, In article <9792@pt.cs.cmu.edu> gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes: All of this talk about small rovers strikes me as being quite silly. Let's get real folks! small rovers can not accomplish meaningful scientific experiments. ... and then he goes on to prove that a) portable pc's are impractical b) 10 g of solar cells need nearly 4 kg of support c) robots _must_ continue at night and during sandstorms d) detroit was right all along e) there is only one doxie and she is orthodoxy. -- Offer void except where prohibited by law.