00100	                     COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
00200	
00300	                         STANFORD UNIVERSITY
00400	
00500	                     Stanford, California 94305
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00530	                          February 27, 1972
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00710	Mr. Dean H. Schoelkopf
00720	Encyclopedia Britannica
00730	425 North Michigan Ave.
00740	Chicago, Illinois 60611
00750	
00800	Dear Mr. Schoelkopf:
00900	
01000		Enclosed is a draft of my article on robots.  It is  not  the
01100	first  draft,  but it is the first completed draft.  I suspect is too
01200	long for you and a bit too dry.  I would like your advice on where to
01300	cut, how to re-order sections.
01400	
01500		Here are some possible pictures:
01600	
01700		1. A diagram of a chess move tree.
01800	
01900		2.  There  is  a  color  picture  that  appeared in a Fortune
02000	article of our old arm waving.  It is a multiple exposure  and  quite
02100	artistic  and  took  a whole day for their photographer to make.  You
02200	could try to get it or even better make one yourself of our slick new
02300	arm.
02400	
02500		3.  A  picture  of the output display of our computer showing
02600	the edges the computer has found.  A diagram to illustrate that  part
02700	of the article would also be ok.
02800	
02900		4. A picture of a Unimate arm at the GM Vega assembly plant.
03000	
03100		If  you  want  more  than  this, I can probably think of some
03200	more.
03300	
03400		Sorry to have taken so long.  It was more  difficult  than  I
03500	thought it would be.
03600	
03700					Sincerely yours, 
03800	
03900	
04000	
04100					John McCarthy
04200					Professor of Computer Science
04300					Director, Artifical Intelligence Laboratory