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From: PCHONG@ELECTRICAL.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (Happy Happy Joy Joy)
Subject: Re: Russian Mars Rover: some questions ...from Russia
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Summary: Russian Mars Rover: some question ...from Russia
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1993 20:07:45 GMT

In article <AA4Ay1iOL7@dokadata.zgrad.su> smil@dokadata.zgrad.su (Alexandr Milovanov) writes:
>From: smil@dokadata.zgrad.su (Alexandr Milovanov)
>Subject: Russian Mars Rover: some questions ...from Russia
>Date: Sat, 29 May 93 23:07:32 +0300
>Summary: Russian Mars Rover: some question ...from Russia
>>   Status report on Russian Mars rover telepresence test
>>   between Ames and Moscow:
>>
>>   Dave Lavery, Headquarters Office of Advanced Concepts and
>>   Technology robotics program manager, reports that Ames
>>   conducted the first test on Wednesday afternoon of a
>>   remote virtual reality control system which is being
>>   tested to operate a prototype Mars rover located in
>>   Moscow.
>
Hmmm, just one question:  doesn't speed-of-light restrict communication 
speed?  You've probably got delays of a few minutes from here to Mars;  
control like that either implies a really slow robot, or that you can 
anticipate moves so far ahead...
-
Philip Chong (PCHONG@ELECTRICAL.watstar.uwaterloo.ca)
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    "Pssst...Hey Guido...It's all so clear to me now...
     I'm the Keeper of the Cheese...and you're the Lemon Merchant..." - RH
