Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ukma!xanth!lll-winken!uunet!seismo!esosun!cogen!celerity!whoops!dave From: dave@whoops.celerity (Dave Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Space travel and the spirit of man Message-ID: <252@celerity.UUCP> Date: 13 Feb 89 00:44:37 GMT References: <3225@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> <258@corpane.UUCP> <4239@drivax.DRI> <1989Feb9.211549.19516@utzoo.uucp> <673@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: news@celerity.UUCP Reply-To: dave@whoops.UUCP (Dave Smith) Organization: FPS Computing, San Diego Lines: 9 There has been a lot of noise lately about how tele-operated and autonomous robots can do the same job as a person on the spot. My question for the group is: Has anyone here ever done any work with teleoperated machinery, and, if so, how easy/difficult is it? David L. Smith FPS Computing, San Diego ucsd!celerity!dave "Repent, Harlequin!," said the TickTock Man