00100	Prof. Rajko Tomovic'
00200	Institute for Automation and Telecommunications
00300	Post Office Box 906
00400	11001 Beograd,Yugoslavia
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00900	Dear Prof Tomovic':
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01300	Thank you for the letter describing the new model of the Belgrade Hand.
01400	We are quite interested, but cannot make a commitment yet.  There are
01500	some details we would like to know concerning interfacing the hand
01600	with our robot.  
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01700			Is there an example of the hand operating in the US?  MIT
01800			had a copy of the old model of the Belgrade hand.  Is it
01900			similar in essential ways?
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02100			Will we be able to get drawings soon?  We will be happy
02200			to reimburse the cost of duplication of drawings; it is
02300			understood that we will use the drawings only for our
02400			evaluation.  We will protect your interests with regard
02500			to the drawings.
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02800			Is the drive motor for grasp contained in the hand,
02900			or does it project into the wrist?  We can answer that
03000			from the drawings.
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03200			Is there a pot for position of the grasp drive?
03300			Are there separate pots for positions of the fingers?
03400			If not, is there room for installation?  Could they be
03500			installed in the fabrication (at reasonable extra cost)?
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03700	Certain of the  sensing  features  may  be  separate  from  the  hand
03800	described  in  your letter. You had discussed the touch sensors which
03900	had been developed in your laboratory. Could  your  laboratory  equip
04000	the  Belgrade Hand with touch sensors?  Is it recommended or not?  If
04100	so, at what cost and additional fabrication time?  In all these matters,
04150	we do not mean to involve extra and difficult design, but to know what
04175	more or less standard.  We are grateful for your generous offer to make
04187	Belgrade hand available to us.
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04400					With best regards,
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04800					T.O.Binford
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