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Article #563Re: Divert NASA budget to robotics
From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 1990 17:42
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 1990 17:42
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In article <9855@pt.cs.cmu.edu> gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
>Finally a post I can agree with 100%!!!
>
>Who needs man in space? The cost is astronomical (pun intended)
>and the return minimal. Man's greatest advantage over most robots
>is his highly advanced manipulative skills coupled with a wizbang
>computer.
Another advantage is that men have brains. They make great
tele-operators as long as they are close enough to the robot.
While robotics research is moving forward, it still is quite a few
years away from making a robot that can briskly stroll across the
Martian landscape, noticing interesting things it should sample.
--
"Perhaps I'm commenting a bit cynically, but I think I'm qualified to."
- Dan Bernstein
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