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From: rstevew@armory.com (Richard Steven Walz)
Subject: Re: QUESTION: REAL applications for mobile robots?
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 21:34:36 GMT
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In article <GAMIN.94Jul25115317@amadeus.ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca>,
Martin Boyer <gamin@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> John Nagle writes:
>
>>      The biggest land-based teleoperator application is bomb disposal.
>
>Based on what?  I have heard of it, but seen no firm report.
>
>Maintenance of live power lines (my field) is pretty big in Japan
>(reports mention tens of millions of dollars per year).  It is growing
>here in Quebec, in France and in the US.
>
>How about nuclear plant decommissioning (strong in the UK) and
>nuclear/toxic waste disposal (will hopefully work in the US, I heard
>that DOE is working on it).
>--
>Martin Boyer				mboyer@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca
>Division Robotique			mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp
>Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec    +1 514 652-8412
>Varennes, QC, Canada   J3X 1S1
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People forget about painting and sandblasting. They also forget about
carryalls for the mall that deliver stuff 1/2 mile from offload to the
right store, etc. Most of these don't have to do over 1/4 mile per hour.
-Steve Walz   rstevew@armory.com

