文档介绍：Luxury to Utility
PUTER APPLICATIONS JOURNAL
ore and more, the image of the robot in today’s
society is shifting from the metal-clad humanoid FOUNDER/EDITORIAL DIRECTOR PUBLISHER
Steve Ciarcia Daniel Rodrigues
Qbutler to the special-purpose, esoteric-looking device
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V that automates some repetitive or dangerous task. People Ken Davidson Sue Hodge
are used to seeing robots assembling cars or other objects, wandering the
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halls of hospitals delivering food trays, and removing and defusing bombs Janice Marinelli Rose Mansella
for police.
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Nowhere is this shift from the luxurious to the practical more evident Elizabeth LaurenCot Barbara Maleski
than in the annual Firefighting Home Robot Contest. More than just a
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petition, the contest puts a robot in a mock house. When Jeff Bachiochi & Ed Nisley John S. y
the “smoke detector” sounds, this robot must find the fire-while avoiding WEST COAST EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER
“furniture’‘-and extinguish it in the least amount of time. Imagine the savings Tom Cantrell te Walters
in lives and property if we all had one. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS ADVERTISING COORDINATOR
In last year’s Robotics issue (/NK63), we featured one of the 1995 Rick Lehrbaum Dan Gorsky
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contest winners. It was such a hit that we’re bringing you one of this year’s CIRCUIT CELLAR INK”, PUTER APPLICA-
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Before Marv, though, our first feature article surveys some of the more Lisa Ferry One-year (12 issues) ptlon