00100	Chern  wants to put together a real research effort in Automation. He
00200	feels that a major effort in assembly is needed, this should  have  a
00300	scientific basis.
00400	
00500	Individual  research grants must fit into a coordinated program, like
00600	the links of a chain. There will be long term and short term grants.
00700	
00800	SRI is going to  investigate  Inspection  and  Programing  by  doing.
00900	Draper  will  work  with  Unimate  and  GE  on  modular  assembly and
01000	developing  force  sensing.  He  feels  that  Stanford   needs   some
01100	involvement  with  industry  but that our principal users will be SRI
01200	and Draper.
01300	
01400	Our emphasis should be a Computer Integrated Assembly System, using a
01500	large central computer where the AI will reside, and many minis.
01600	
01700	Demonstration  and  Development  are no-no words instead use Proof of
01800	concept.
01900	
02000	We must say how our work relates to Draper and SRI, and we must  have
02100	a  different philosophy although some overlap is OK. Exportability is
02200	important, we should also  stress  that  the  arm  servo  is  in  the
02300	computer.
02400	
02500	This must be a focused research program. We must pick tasks that will
02600	demonstrate our work We should  do  a  two  or  three  year  research
02700	program  and  set  goals  for  each year We should also emphasize our
02800	language ablility.
02900	
03000	We must be more specific, develope the large-small  computer  system,
03100	find out what its limitations are. Just manipulation will not do.
03200	
03300	Chern  considers  us  the  most  advanced of all the projects in this
03400	area. and wants a proposal in line  with  this  concept.  I  had  the
03500	feeling that he was trying to find out if we were serious about doing
03600	research in this area and didn't just want to play. The meeting  with
03700	him and working with him at the workshop were very positive.
03800	
03900	On  June  1  he  will move to Adavanced Techonology or something like
04000	that.
04100	
04200	
04300	Lou Paul April 17, 1973
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