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From: park@netcom.com (Bill Park)
Subject: Re: Agribots (Chomp ! Chomp ! )
Message-ID: <parkCC6o8s.FxJ@netcom.com>
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Summary: Rent "Runaway" from the video store
Keywords: Agribots Hollywood robots integrated pest management special effects
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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1993 23:07:40 GMT
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richards@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov writes:

> Msg-ID: <1993Aug10.105934.1@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov>
> Posted: 10 Aug 93 10:59:34 -0500
>
> Org.  : MDSSC-KSC
>
> I am currently investigating the use of (physical) automation and robotics
> in agriculture.  Specifically, I am interested in their application to the
> following : pre-planting preparation (seedlings), planting, growth
> monitoring/operation, harvesting, post-harvest storage, and edible biomass
> processing to name a few applications of interest.
>
> If anyone is curently involved in or aware of research efforts or
> production systems addressing any of these applications, I would appreciate
> any additional information you could provide.
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> |  | / \ |  |            Brian Richardson
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> |  ||   ||  |            McDonnell Douglas Space Systems
> |  ||   ||  |            Kennedy Space Center, FL
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> |/  |   |  \|            email: richards@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov
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Rent the video "Runaway," starring Tom Selleck, Nancy Allen, the guy
from KISS with the long tongue, and a host of hard-working robots,
including one that controls pests in cornfields.

Bill Park
The Masked Consultant
-- 
Grandpaw Bill's High Technology Consulting & Live Bait, Inc.
