Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!tarazed.usc.edu!rslau From: rslau@usc.edu (Robert Lau) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Automation or Robots applied in food preparation and hotel mang. Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 20:21:34 GMT References: <1991Apr23.200215.27670@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: news@usc Distribution: usa Organization: University of Southern California, USA Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: tarazed.usc.edu In-reply-to: chchen@csunb.cs.uh.edu's message of 23 Apr 91 20:02:15 GMT Originator: rslau@tarazed.usc.edu April issue of Discover, page 12... excerpt: PizzaBot was developed by engineers at Carnegie-Mellon to help disabled people become entrepreneurs. [...] The result is a robotic arm placed in front of a semicircular counter, with ingredients and tools within easy reach. After the disabled manager calls out an order, a simple voice-recognition system decides which of two possible sizes and 12 condiments it just heard. [...] Article said that K.G. Engelhardt was the head of the engineering team. -- --Robert Lau 213.740.2866 Unix Systems Internet: rslau@usc.edu University Computing Services UUCP: ...!uunet!usc!rslau University of Southern California Bitnet: rslau@gamera