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From: gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston)
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Subject: Re: Divert NASA budget to robotics
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Date: 17 Jul 90 15:30:10 GMT
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In his post, Chuck states that we have a hard time teaching 
robots to do things we do easily.  This is true.  However,
those things which we do well were DESIGNED such that we can
do them well.  The same applies to robots.  A succesfull design
for a space station, etc, will be one which will allow robots
to assemble/repair it.


-- 
gerry roston, field robotics center
robotics institute, carnegie mellon university
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 15213  (412) 268-6557
gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu