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Subject: RE: Father of Robotics (teleops.)
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pjg@parint.esl.com (Paul Gyugyi) says:

>Tesla demonstrated a radio controlled boat which fired torpedoes
>some time before 1900.  He is perhaps the father of teleoperated
>machinery.

Regarding teleoperated manipulators, Ray Goertz of Argonne National Laboratory 
was the father of that branch of robotics here in the United States. He 
pioneered their use during the 50's and 60's.


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