Word: perform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then she went to a Westinghouse plant in Bloomfield, N.J., and the Faichney thermometer factory, owned by Chesebrough-Pond, Inc., in Watertown, N.Y., to get a close look at the real things. In Watertown, Hopkins watched a shiny, beige Unimate Mark II robot perform a number of "unexpected and puzzling tasks" done previously by humans. "Now I realize that robots are not at all human-like but are still very impressive, even awesome in their own way," says Hopkins. Concludes Redman: "I am reassured by the fact that it will be many years before robots can replace journalists...
...sheets, and tuck him back into bed. M.I.T. Computer Scientist Marvin Minsky visualizes a day, about 20 or 25 years from now, when a surgeon will be able to slip on a pair of special gloves connected by remote control to a pair of mechanical hands that can perform surgery for him in a hospital hundreds of miles away. Fighting crime? The Advanced Robotics Corp. is advertising a mechanical sentinel that can speed to the site of any breakin, sternly ask an intruder, "What are you doing here?" and temporarily blind him with its spotlight while its siren calls...
Reprogrammable and multifunctional are the key words. Factories have long used automatic machines (like bottle cappers) to mass-produce goods, but these devices could only perform one task at a time. New work routines required new machinery or extensive retooling. The industrial robots now being installed have control and memory systems, often in the form of minicomputers. These enable the robots to be programmed to carry out a number of work routines and, when necessary, to be reprogrammed to carry out even more...
...Unquestionably she is helped not only by Balanchine but by a younger mentor, her partner Sean Lavery, who is all of 24. Before, Lavery was an elegant dancer and a dutiful partner. Working with Darci has made him an ardent and vigilant one. He talks to her as they perform. If he finds signs of developing nerves like a stiffening body or a tendency to move off the beat, he will mutter, "It's O.K." or "Better hurry up." Says Lavery: "I am struck by the way she can cover space and by her nonstop energy. She doesn...
...keep to the basics at first, try to do the fundamentals well. Then and only then will we move on," Kleinfelder says. Whether caution will pay off or not will depend on how well the hoopsters can consistently perform these basics. Last year they were able to do everything but the basics--shooting, passing, rebounding, to name a few of the most common...