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From: rachiele@NADC.ARPA (J. Rachiele)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: robot hands (was 1992 moon base)
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Date: 10 Mar 89 16:27:57 GMT
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>  Let's take a specific case. I want the robot to open a screwed on access
>cover, remove a circuit card from a card case, put it into a test fixture,
>run test points on the traces (let's say .03" design rules), and finally
>remove and replace a soldered chip and reassemble the unit. Can you point
>to any of this being done even in a controlled ground environment?

For maintenence of military computers in the field, it is not assumed that
the human can do even this much.  The fault localazation software on our system
is required to print out a list of cards, in order, to replace.  And the
doors on the cabinet has handles.  This would make it a little easier.  A
more difficult task might be screwing in a connector without bending any
of the pins (although you may have trouble finding a human who can do this
reliably.:-)


>  ++PLS

                    Jim
                    rachiele@nadc.arpa