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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mohammed:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Further to Randy's comment about robotics being
suited for multi-disciplinary and long-distance studies, let us ask
what the purpose is for this new field of studies. Recently Discovery featured
robotic camel jockies used now instead of children at the camel race track in
Dubai. These are apparently quite sophisticated humanoids with partially
autonomous and partially tele-robotic controls. Among various reasons for using
robots instead of <U>children</U>, the safety of the children is an obvious
one.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for distance education, why could those Dubai
robotic jockies not evolve into distance educators? After a fun-filled day at
the race track they step into the classroom and teach VS.NET programming for
example. The teaching could be sent out world-wide by You Tube or the Dubai
jockies could be cartoon-scripted by SW into special courseware. Recipients
would not even need Internet if the courseware is downloaded in other countries
and snail mailed out in CD and DVD format to remote
villages where just one modest computer could become the "robotic
teacher". Why do it? For the sake of billions of <U>children</U>
worldwide who otherwise do not have access to such an
education.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PtP</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=elabidster@gmail.com href="mailto:elabidster@gmail.com">Mohammad
El-Abid</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rmd@newmicros.com
href="mailto:rmd@newmicros.com">rmd@newmicros.com</A> ; <A
title=dprglist@dprg.org href="mailto:dprglist@dprg.org">dprglist@dprg.org</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DPRG] Robotics
Universities</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I don’t really care
about location I’m going many years in advance so I don’t think that will be a
problem, especially if I find a good company that has the program where they
pay for collage if you come work for them, I’m just not sure they let you
chose, but then again if you got someone that is going 3 ½ - 4 years yearly
you might do a lot. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Randy M. Dumse
[mailto:rmd@newmicros.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:13
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Mohammad El-Abid'; Dprglist@Dprg.Org<BR><B>Cc:</B> Brian
Huff<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DPRG] Robotics
Universities</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">UT Arlington
has two major robotics groups. One is an autonomous vehicles lab which does
both ground and air vehicles, and the off campus research site, Atomation and
Robotic Research Institute. Dr. Brian Huff is an occassional club participant.
He's from the industrial engineering department, and his graduate students do
it all, mech, programming, design, everything.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I teach
robotics at UNI in the Physics Department, long distance over the internet.
It's part of their digital electronics training. We cover the physics
principles in the semiconductors, the design of the circuits, microprocessors,
programming, and the EM forces in the actuators. In short, robotics is too
broad a subject to be approached from only one discipline. It's fine to
specialize in some field, like mechanics, or in electronics, but it won't make
you a roboticist. You need a much broader exposure. Consequently, it is not
possible to predict which department to look into to find the best robotics
classes.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I haven't
heard of much robotics at UTB, or UTD, SMU, althought the club does have
members from those organizations. Are you thinking of going out of
state?</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Randy</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><A
href="http://www.newmicros.com">www.newmicros.com</A></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Thursday, December 14, 2006
12:52 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Austin Robotgroup Mailing List';
dprglist@dprg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DPRG] Robotics
Universities</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello, it
seems like I’m going to a university real soon, I was wandering what is a good
robotics university? And when I go for it while it only be mechs. Or will
there also be programming?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks in
Advance,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mohammad<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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