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01/20/13 8:22 AM

#48040 RE: slowone #48039

Spencer's tenure in industrial robot design is impressive:

Regional Sales Manager
Harmonic Drive Div. of Emhart Corp. (acquired by Black & Decker)
October 1982 – September 1987 (5 years)

Business development and technical support for harmonic drive usage in advanced robotic and automation systems.

In this time period assisted in development of world's first two legged walking robot, CURBi. (Clemson University Robotic Biped in 1986-7.)

IBM's R&D for first commercial, industrial robot, the Enterprise.

General Electric's R&D for cloning of Hitachi’s P-50 industrial robot.

Texas Instruments' R&D for 5th generation industrial robots.

Hathaway Instruments' R&D for advanced robotic actuators: Developed high density, high torque world class Hathaway/Harmonic Drive actuator

Honeywell's Sperry Flight Systems' R&D for space flight robotic actuators.


http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-spencer/11/b2a/580

Looks like Spencer knows alot about robot arms.

Spencer helped develop the world's first two legged walking robot!

In this time period assisted in development of world's first two legged walking robot, CURBi. (Clemson University Robotic Biped in 1986-7.)

Instrumental in development of world's first bipedal walking robot, CURBi (Clemson University Robotic Biped). Introduced CURBi at the Machine Design Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, March of 1987.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-spencer/11/b2a/580

So what is your point, if I may ask?