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From: hpm@cs.cmu.edu (Hans Moravec)
Subject: Re: Military robots
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 04:48:16 GMT
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>In article <mookken.752809686@chekov> mookken@charlie.ece.scarolina.edu (John Mookken) writes:
>>
>>I require some assistance in obtaining information
>>on certain military robots.  I have to write a paper on them.
>>I have narrowed my search down to 3 mobile robots.  Can anyone
>>tell me how I could obtain any form of information on the following
>>robots :
>
>Best bet I know is to write letters to the builders asking for the info.
>
>>
>>	1. Prowler	Robot Defense systems Inc.
>>	2. Denning Sentry	Denning Mobile Robotics Inc.
>
>I think Denning's address is in the FAQ.
>
>>	3. ROBART III	Naval Surface Weapons Center.
>
>Writing a nice letter to the NSWC, identifying yourself as a student, and
>asking for the information, is as good a way as any.  You should be able
>to get the contact address through your Navy ROTC office (if your school
>has Navy ROTC) or your local Navy recruiting station (if your school
>doesn't have Navy ROTC).

Denning still exists formally, but is no longer operating. 

Note that Cybermotion Inc., in Roanoke, VA (address also in the FAQ)
also makes sentry robots.

(no company has made more than a handful of units: there is
essentially no market for robots with existing capabilities)

					-- Hans Moravec



