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From: lambert@COD.NOSC.MIL (David R. Lambert)
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Subject: ping pong playing robot
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Date: 8 Feb 88 18:11:14 GMT
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If my memory is correct, there was a ping pong playing robot built as a 
masters thesis or PhD dissertation at a university in the north eastern US--
perhaps in Pennsylvania.  The thesis defense & demonstration was announced in 
AIList about a year ago (Feb 87). 

David R. Lambert