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In article <ceb.716461157@reading> ceb@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk (Colin Bridgewater) writes:
>brian@mdavcr.mda.ca (Brian Lemire) writes:


>>	Is anyone using (or considering using) Echelon's Neuron chip for
>>robotics work ? 
...

>Reading University's Department of Cybernetics has a project starting to
>do just this, joint with British Petroleum. BP donated one of their System 20
>Cartesian robots and Echelon have given us a massive discount on one of their
>LON Builders. 

>... A follow-up project will look at using
>LONs to replace a conventional NC machine controller.

>LONs are exciting because they offer functionality and ease-of-use at an
>exceptionally low cost, both in monetary and in programming terms. 
...

OK, I give up.  I came up with two dozen or so 3-word phrases
that have LON as an acronym, but none seem to be satisfactory
for this thread.  What's a "LON"?

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