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\F1\CMay 16, 1975



Mr. W.J. Adams Jr.
Planning and Ventures
FMC Corporation
1105 Coleman Avenue, Box 1201
San Jose, Ca. 95108


Dear Mr. Adams:

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	Thank you for your letter of  May 8 expressing an  interest in
furthur  information  on  our Computer  Controlled  Robots.   I  have
enclosed some photos and brief descriptions of our two products - the
model  Stanford  Arm, and  the  model  M.I.T.  Arm, named  after  the
Universities  at which they were originally  designed.  Both of  these
systems are general purpose multi-degree of freedom manipulators with
broad  applications. I have  also included  a report
issued by  the Stanford  Artificial  Intelligence Laboratory.    This
paper details  one experimental task  using the prototype  version of
our current model Stanford manipulator.  

	At  the  present  time,  we  are  delivering manipulators  to
Universities, government  organizations, and  industrial  customers
for research  and prototype manufacturing and  assembly applications.
As  we have not yet  advertised the product, all  orders to date have
been through word of mouth,  or as a result of published  reports and
papers. 

	Vicarm  has  delivered  a  number  of basic  manipulators  to
customers who already have their own  computer.  At the present  time
we are developing  our own complete manipulator system  consisting of
manipulator,  computer  interface,  computer,  and  an assortment  of
software routines. 

	To date  Vicarm  has been  funded  entirely from  within  its
organization. Our anticipated  sales for this year are  $300,000.  We
will be two years old on May 31. 

	Please  contact me  should  you have  a  furthur interest  in
either our organization or our products. \.
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Yours sincerely,



Victor Scheinman
    President

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