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...speed that student anesthesiologists usually take at least three months to learn it. With Sim One's help, the training time may be cut to two days. Developed under a $272,000 U.S. Office of Education grant by the University of Southern California School of Medicine and Aerojet-General's Von Karman Center, the robot is life-sized (6 ft. 2 in., 195 Ibs.). Its skin feels like skin, and it comes equipped with a tongue, vocal cords, an esophageal opening and bronchial tubes...
...Shack. Partly, this is the fault of medical men, especially surgeons. "We spent a small fortune designing a special brain probe," said Tullio Ronzoni of Aerojet-General Corp. "In two years we have sold exactly one - to the doctor who first asked for it. Every other brain surgeon wants his own design." Manufacturers share the blame. "Many of what were passed off as cardiac monitors were just old oscillators out of the radio shack," admitted Ronzoni. By week's end medicos and manufacturers alike had loudly agreed to work harder to get the bugs out of the gadgets. With...
When they built their strange-looking vehicle five years ago, engineers at Aerojet's Space-General Corp. in California were aiming for space. Their Moon Walker had six legs, stereo TV for eyes, and was crammed full of detection and communications equipment. It was designed to land on the moon with a Surveyor spacecraft...
...Moon Walker was rejected by NASA, but it was not discarded by Aerojet. Rebuilt in a modified version, it has become the prototype of an eight-legged, walking wheelchair now being evaluated by the University of California at Los Angeles for the use of handicapped children. The boxy gadget resembles an ungainly bug; yet it is capable of sophisticated locomotion. It can travel forward or backward, turn in its own length, climb steps, a 30° slope and an 8-in. curb, cross rough fields, and literally get a toehold in sand or muddy ground that usually bogs down...
...tests conducted by U.C.L.A. at a suburban Los Angeles hospital, researchers found that severely handicapped children could easily handle the walker, although they felt that its H-m.p.h. speed was too sedate. Because the walker's feet tend to jolt passengers at higher speeds, Aerojet is planning to add wheels to the vehicle. With wheels, a child will be able to roll around floors and sidewalks at 2½-m.p.h. - a normal walking pace. When he comes to a curb or a rut-filled field, he will flick a switch, lower the tucked-up legs, and walk across...