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June 29, 1982
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Battalion Staff
fter ajob has been well done,
applause is often appreciated.
| But, this is clapping with a
Btinct difference — it’s a robot
applauding its completed task.
The robot is one of two which
the Texas A&M Robotics Labor-
ry purchased recently for re-
rch. These purchases helped
nge the robotics lab from a
^existing on paper into a func-
ming research lab.
jThe robotics lab is a coopera-
Je effort among the mechanic-
alj electrical and industrial en-
eering departments and is
ded by the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station, a
nch of the Texas A&M
tem.
A Puma Unimate robot was
jrchased by the robotics lab ab-
ittwo months ago, said Dr. De
nnis Bingham, an assistant pro
fessor of mechanical engineer-
Bingham programmed the
lot to clap after it finished a
i
HTwo weeks ago the robotics
lab purchased a TI ER 6000
from Texas Instruments.
iBingham said the newest
robot has been nicknamed the
ffiger 6000, since the lab already
id a puma.
Both robots are used for basic
earch on precision of the
lot’s operation, Bingham
said. The practical uses of this
research are in industrial appli
cations.
“Research is to find out what
robots can and can’t do, so they
can do more and do it better,” he
said.
Bingham said the goal of
robotics research is to increase
productivity without sacrificing
a worker’s morale and pride in
the job.
He said robots are used to do
jobs which are dangerous or te
dious, such as assembly line
work, welding and painting.
The Puma robot is a one-
armed industrial robot in the
middle range of size, Bingham
said. It works with objects
weighing up to five pounds. The
TI ER 6000 has a one-pound
limit.
Bingham said both robots
have the capabilities to expand
these limits and do heavier
work.
The robotics lab also purch
ased a vision system. A TV
camera follows an object which a
robot is working with and dis
plays that object on a screen.
This tracking system can be used
to program the robot to recog
nize and pick out a specific ob
ject from among others, Bing
ham said.
The Puma robot cost about
$50,000 and the vision system
was about $20,000, he said.
Irime Stoppers seeks
missing Bryan man
ers is
a mis-
IThis week, Crime Stoppi
estigating the report of a
g person.
Dale Raddatz, 51, of 2203
mklin Street in Bryan, has not
een seen or heard from since
lay 3. Law enforcement offi-
jals suspect foul play is in-
blved.
i Raddatz is a white male, 6 feet
[■nch tall, 195 pounds, with
jck and silver hair. He has a
[tittoo of a rose on his right arm
and another of a woman on his
left arm.
Anyone with any information
about Raddatz’ whereabouts is
asked to contact Crime Stoppers
at 775-TIPS. Crime Stoppers
will pay $1,000 for information
leading to an arrest and grand
jury indictment if foul play was
involved.
Crime Stoppers also pays
cash rewards for information on
any unsolved felony. J
exas draft-dodgers
could be arrested
United Press International
| DALLAS — Selective Service
officials are working toward
secuting some of the 47,000
ung Texas men who have not
istered for the draft.
They believe prosecution of a
[few offenders will persuade
many others to register. But
some draft counselors say they
expect it would prod more peo
ple into resistance.
I “If some of these come to
trial, I think we will see a resurg
ence of draft resistance,” said
Rev. Chris Amundsen, pastor of
theNorthgate United Methodist
jhurch in Irving and a draft
lunselor.
Paul D. Aikin, Texas director
of the Selective Service System,
said if one or two people are pro-
Bcuted, “you’re going to have a
Hindi of people going down to
register.”
* He added: “That’ll get their
attention real quick.”
Paul Hunter, an English pro-
ffessor at North Lake College in
Ifving and a founder of the Dal
las Draft Information Commit
tee, said the registration catches
an age group which has had little
“political consciousness-
raising.”
He said: “There is less opposi
tion than if this was aimed at a
college age bracket as was the
case previously.”
The Selective Service System
estimates that, nationally, 93
E ercent of the U.S. men born
etween Jan. 1, 1960, and
March 31, 1963, have regis
tered. In Texas, the figure is 91
percent, or 530,400, the officials
said.
Since registration was re
established in July 1980, the law
has required men to register
within 30 days of their 18th
birthday.
The government is using So
cial Security records to cross
check with draft registration re
cords to catch those who have
failed to register.
Social Security officials say
they believe most non
registrants are not evading the
registration — they just don’t
know about the law.
The maximum, penalty for
failing to register is a five-year
prison term and a $10,000 fine.
Today’s almanac
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A i i£ e 180th da y of 1982 with 185
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first quarter toward its full
ase.
The morning stars are Mer
ry and Venus.
The evening stars are Mars,
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inghisopi
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as Mr. VaT u P' ter and Saturn,
mirlitv”tlm Those born on this date are
P • |lnder the sign of Cancer.
iem f (fi Wilh am Mayo, founder of the
nany of ffamed Rochester, Minn., Medic-
)f people ■Center bearing his name, was
and ui' f jborn June 29, 1861.
:1 anyoneT On this date in history:
“jack-lxX 1 ® In 1946, two years before
-covered4f Srae l became a nation, the Brit-
ice the'is 1 arrested more than 2,700
’ pews in an effort to put down
r opinion ,1
/one else. •J|
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iere ^rc
r n fit United Press International
in of ulej^l The ear i s j ess
terrorism in Palestine.
In 1970, the last American
troops were drawn back into
South Vietnam from Cambodia.
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled capital punishment,
as then administered, was un
constitutional. It also ruled
sources of information must be
revealed to state grand juries.
In 1977, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled the death penalty
could not be used as punishment
for rape. And in 1981, the high
court ruled Presidents Carter
and Reagan acted legally in the
Iran hostage settlement.
A thoup
poet Lore
not of men’s creeds. They rest
between man and his maker.”
ught for the day: British
rd Byron said, “Speak
Now You Know
to
- _ -— — is less sensitive „
only ser' , lounds that are very lowpitched.
■fit could detect them as well as
B does upper-register speech,
you would constantly notice
noises made by your own body
— such as blood flowing in the
arteries, and the joints moving.
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