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From: hertz@ecf.toronto.edu (HERTZ ROGER BARRY)
Subject: It's time to split comp.robotics
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Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 15:47:15 GMT
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Hi,

I've noticed that the postings on comp.robotics often belong to one of
two threads:
		1. mobile robots
		2. manipulators

Although there is the some cross over between the two, it may be more
efficient to split comp.robotics into the two groups.

And yes, I know some will whine that `there isn't enough bandwidth to
justify it'.  I would ask: what's enough bandwidth? (remember this is 
not, and will never be, sci.space)  If anything, a split would
encourage more posts on each group (referring to the robotics
research thread a while back).

Perhaps the new names could be:
		comp.robotics.mobile
		comp.robotics.manipulator

Just a thought.  As for voting, mark me down as a yes.

Roger Hertz   
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hertz@ecf.toronto.edu
University of Toronto
Institute for Aerospace Studies
