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Article #601Re: Designing for robots, (was a flame fest)
From: Eric A Rasmussen
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 14:18
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 14:18
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In article <18653@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) writes:
>As for designing space stations for robot assembly, I'd look at what
>robots do best and plan accordingly. Robots are good at relatively
>simple, repetitive tasks. The space structure should be built up from
>outwardly similar modules that all attach in the same way with the same
>fasteners. They should also be designed to pack neatly and efficiently so
>the robot doesn't have to worry as much about bin picking problems.
Ahh, now that's a simple problem to solve. We should just make the space
station out of giant legos. ;-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!m2c!wpi!ear From: ear@wpi.wpi.edu (Eric A Rasmussen) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Designing for robots, (was a flame fest) Message-ID: <14103@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 19 Jul 90 14:18:26 GMT References: <10518@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <#*S$G+&@ads.com> <848@sagpd1.UUCP> <$}T$X6&@ads.com> <138873@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <9934@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <139060@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <18653@ttidca.TTI.COM> Reply-To: ear@wpi.wpi.edu (Eric A Rasmussen) Distribution: comp Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA Lines: 17