Local THE BATTALION Page 3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1981 Improvements estimated at $209,500 Renovations planned for A&M pools By JOHNA JO MAURER Battalion Reporter ■ Seven renovation projects tor the two University swimming Ipools have been planned by the Texas A&M Department of Health and Physical Education and the physical plant. ■ The renovations will cost an lestimated $209,500. Grady Wink ler, physical plant planning and estimating supervisor, said the re novations could begin within the next 30 days to six months. Bids and contracts are still pending. At the Wofford Cain outdoor pool, high-pressure sodium fix tures installed on 30-inch alumi num poles will replace the 27 ex isting underwater lights, which will be removed. The new lights are to be arranged around the perimeter of the pool. The esti mated cost of this renovation is $7,500. ?«wij fftodd ladsi djingi! lit tele ^Automated robot is new Aggie aid lit, in imdenfl Sam By SANDRA K. GARY Battalion Reporter I Instead of using traditional books and dissertations as learning |ly ((, pels, several Texas A&M Univer- ity students and researchers will f0l] | r .use a robot to help them under- gind automated industry. I The robot, however, doesn’t fit le stereotype tin man with blink- [g lights and a bleeping voice. In t, the robot doesn’t have any |al human characteristics but re- Imbles the equipment seen in a lentist’s office connected to a Imputer display terminal. ! Dr. Robert E. Young, assistant fessor in the industrial en gineering department, is project JSpervisor of the robot that will 11 I Perform dangerous industrial My tasks such as loading parts onto 1 machines in factories. -I Pinching his thumb and index \ jjmger together, Young indicated how the robot functions. “It’s an Bticulated arm,” he said. “It Besn’t have a hand, just a gripper with two fingers that open and lose. l“We wanted to know the prob- w ''' Bns associated with building robots, as well as information on [sign, control, software and dware. In order to get a handle on it, we decided to build our own." ■The robot, constructed of alu minum and steel, will cost the University’s industrial engineer ing department $1,000 in mate- This is anywhere from |9,DOO to $39,000 less than a rtufactured robot would cost, ung said. Uf A micro-computer will control the robot named Aggie I. Young said the computer will cost be tween $2,000 and $3,000 and will be used for other projects besides Aggie I. The computer parts, expected to arrive after Christmas, have de layed completion of the robot. Young said. “We expect to have it in operational order sometime in the spring,” he said. The Aggie I project began early last fall. “But that’s deceptive, be cause students often wait to work on semester projects until two weeks before they’re due,” Young said. Graduates and undergraduates are constructing the robot de signed by Young. “Different sections have been built for different directed stu dies,” he said. Students working on the project receive credit for an industrial engineering problems course (I.E. 485). Aggie I is part of the depart ment’s plan to implement a spe cialization program in automated manufacturing and to continue to meet the needs of Texas industry. By offering a number of special ized courses, students can achieve expertise in those areas. Young said. 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So come in and let us create for you. We guarantee our work! Sorry, no cash refunds. 696-6933 693-0607 The gas heaters at the P.L. Downs indoor pool will be cleaned, inspected and adjusted. The estimated cost of this renova tion is $6,000. Proposals for the two projects are being processed by the physic al plant. Before the proposals can be released for completion, they must go through scheduling and purchasing procedures. No actual timetable has been set up for the jobs, Winkler said. The remaining five items — the installation of new filtering sys tems for both pools, the replaster ing of Cain pool, the repainting of the natatorium ceiling and the in stallation of a new lighting system at Downs pool — are subject to approval by Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver. Dr. Leonard Ponder, head of the health and physical education department, said the first priority for pool renovations is to keep the pool operative. “The next is to make it not just a pool, but a good recreational facility,” he said. Both the Cain and Downs pools keep busy schedules. Up to 830 students a week use the Cain pool for classes. When the pools are not being used for classes or swim team workouts, Texas A&M stu dents and area residents use them for recreation. “On a peak day, from 300 to 500 people use the Cain pool for re creational swimming, ” Ponder said. Hours for swimming at the Cain Pool are: Monday through Friday — 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday — 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Cain pool is open March through November. The Downs Pool is open from November through May. Hours for open swimming are: Monday through Friday— 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Weekend hours are 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. University students are admit ted free with a Texas A&M I.D. card. The admission price for non students is $1. Student injured in bike accident A pedestrian-bicycle acci dent Wednesday sent one stu dent to A.P. Beutel Health Center with an injured ankle and left the other apparently unharmed. “I was walking with my head down, and I looked up, and there he (the cyclist) was,” said Mona Wilkerson, a freshman management major from San Antonio. “I really don’t know what happened.” Wilkerson was taken to the health center for x-rays. The un identified cyclist left without going to the health center. The Emergency Care Team responded to a call about the accident, which happened shortly after noon. 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