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Nov. 5,1985
Engineering department gets robot
It's almost 5 feet tall, cant walk, has one
arm and can't "see" — yet.
It is the recently acquired robot for a
future integrated manufacturing labora¬
tory1 in the industrial engineering dcpart-
Les Frair, coordinator of the indus
engineering department, said the lab
utomation so they can make a contnbu-
on in the development of these factories.
"Ideally, there are no human hands that
iuch the product or intervene wilh the
Frair said the department is "envision-
ing"a manufacturingcell oriented around
(he robot. A cell is a "sort of island within
a  plan
lally.  I
e "concept of integraiec
i is the putting together c
nd manufacturing aspec
pletely automated."
He said flexibility is the advantage of a
manufacturing cell because changes can
be made very easily, and there's not a lot
of "down time" in terms of equipment.
This is becoming very important today
to manufacturers because they have to
change their operations daily due lo wide
fluctuations in demand, said Frair.
He said they are hoping to acquire a
sophisticated   interface  for  the  robot
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through a computer terminal and a hook¬
up to the engineering computer system, or
even have a micro-computer that would
sit in the vicinity of the robot.
They would also like to add a vision
system, said Frair, which would enuil a
very sophisticated camera being hooked
onto thc robot's arm. The vision system
would allow the robot to differentiate
between shapes, along with other capa¬
bilities.
Frair said the manipulator on the robot's
which can be very quick, which raises con¬
cerns of safety.
The department is planning to have a
rubberized mat around the robot and a
sensor beam in front of it, so if anyone
steps on Ihe mat br breaks the beam,
power to the robotic arm is cut. he said.
"Something we're very, very concerned
aboul is safety," said Frair.
He added that the robot can pick up 13
pounds at full speed, and 40 pounds at
The robot, manufactured by "Adept."
powerful robotic programming language.
"We bought the best robot we could
afford," he said.
According to Frair, the money to pur¬
chase the robot came from the School of
Engineering's equipment budget.
He said they are planning on adding
another robot in two to three years.
The program will probably officially
start next falH and in terms of publicity,
Frair said he wants students to be aware of
the plans for an integrated manufacturing
He said he wants to encourage those
who are interested in computers, manfuc-
turing and the interaction of the two, to
"consider a major in engineering that
would allow them to make use ofthe train¬
ing" that the department hopes to offer.
"We're getting sort of excited," said
Frair, "about being able to provide these
opportunities to our students."
He  said  he  feels  the  department  is
thc program has great potential for the
See ROBOT, page 4
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Sports
Page 3
Nov. 5,1985
_The Daily Collegian
Undefeated kickers take PSC title
The Fresno State University soccer team
won the Pacific Soccer Conference title by
virtue of its 2-0 victory at San Jose State
Saturday afternoon.
The kickers are the first team lo go
undefeated in the PSC since the Univer¬
sity of San Francisco did so in 1980. It is
also the Bulldogs first PSC title since
1982.
"We played well," said Fresno State
head coach, Jose Elgorriaga, "but we
probably lacked the sharpness we had
aboul a week ago."
The  'Dogs got all the scoring they
would need at 38:51, when Tom Gleason
scored his ninth goal ofthe year on assists
from Kevin Williams and Mark Masich.
Matich kicked the ball into a crowd,
where Williams got it to Gleason, who
pounded the ball low to Ihe far post, and
Fresno Sute led 1-0.
Fresno Stale got its insurance goal
77:08 on a header by Mike Sotelo from
five yards out that was assisted from
Shaun Kelly.
Goalkeeper Chato Elgorriaga of
Fresno State, had very little work to do
on the Fresno State end, needing only one
save, as the 'Dogs outshot the Spartans
s good t
:  that Sotelo
scored," said Elgorriaga. "He's out of his
slump. Gleason also played very well and
so did our defense."
Fresno State has not sealed the NCAA
bid yet, but with a victory on Tuesday
night against United Sutes International
University, Elgorriaga expects a bid to
come the Bulldog's way.
"Last year we beat them 2-1 there,"said
Elgorriaga. "They are always a tough
team. They have many foreign players and
are very skillful. We will have to beat
USlUtogetanNCAAbid."
Currently, the Bulldog kickers are
ranked 15th in the nation and third in the
West, behind UCLA and Nevada-Las
Vegas.
Saturday's win was the ninth straight
for FSU tying a school record and equal¬
ing the school record with iu 15th victory
of tbe season, lying the number of wins
produced by the 1981 and 1982 teams.
During the nine-game win streak, the
'Dogs have outscored their opponents 25-
5 and, in the PSC, Fresno Sute had four
shutouts while outscoring opponents 19-4.
"It feels very, very good to win the PSC
outright," said Elgorriaga, "It's the first
time since "82. I think it's wonderful to be
able to say you won it before finishing the
Tonight's game against USIU will be
Ihe kickers final home game. Game time
at Bulldog Stadium is 7:30 p.m.
'Fresno flu' plagues FSU runners
You could call it the Fresno Flu.
Seven of Fresno Stale's 14 runners who
competed in the NorPac Conference meet
for Ihe women, and Pacific Coast Athletic
Association meet for Ihe men were downed
by injuries or sickness, or were in ihe pro¬
cess of recovering.
The women finished sixth out the six
teams in the NorPac Conference meet in
Pullman, Washington, on Saturday, and
the men finished fifth in the PCAA meet.
On a hilly 3.1-mile course with cold and
rainy conditions, the Fresno Sute women
had a lough time. The women harriers top
finisher was Tammi Moore. Moore-, who-
has been suffering from a recent abdomen
pull came in 16th place with a lime of
19:16.
Kelly Buzza, who has been the women's
top performer through much ofthe season
finished 24th with a time of 20:01. Eileen
Dyer finished 33rd with a time of 20:53.
Dianne Fairman, who has been gelling
over scrapes and bruises suffered in a fall
at thc San Luis Obispo Inviutional, two
weeks ago, finished 35th with a time of
21:08, and Lynda Fairman, who is recov¬
ering from the flu bug finished 39th i
time of 22:09. Gina Montie. who also is
suffering from a bout with the flu, finished
40th, in a lime of 25:40.
The team title was won by the Univer¬
sity of Oregon, which won the National
lip in 1983 and was fourth in
>d was the Anteat-    52 points. In third was Uuh Sute with
who finished at     114 points and fourth was Long Beach
Sute with 115 points.. Fresno State was
tished second with    fifth with 129 poinU.
The w
n 1984.
icn's race was won by sopho¬
more Kirsten O'Hara of California-
Berkeley, in a time of 17:37.
In Las Vegas, the men also found them¬
selves with a lack of healthy bodies.
With Ihe flu bug biting John King. Glen
Charanduk and John Lane, last year's
PCAA championship must have teemed
light years away.
' The men finished fifth out pf nine
Bill Lybeer, who placed 18th, was tbe
men j top finisher in a time of 32:53 over
the 6.2-mile course.
Jim Hardimon was 22nd with a time of
33:45, Steve Gilbert took 33rd coming in
at 33:48 and John King was 34lh in 33:52.
Lane came in 52nd in a time of 35:03.
Irvine won the team title with 30poinu,
and had the two top finishers. In first
place was Irvine's Rusty Knowles wilh a
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
CONFERENCE
ALL GAMES
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W
L
T    Pla.
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Fresno Sute                   5
0 '
0
191
70
7
0
1      307
128
Long Beach Slate          3
0
103
67
3
0     223
214
UN-Las Vegas                 4
2
0
95
86
5
0     166
146
Fullerton Sute               2
2
0
65
100
2
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0     106
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San Jose Sute                2
2
ft
US
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2
5
ft      136
3
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91
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4
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0     It2
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Uuh Sute                       2
.   4
0
117
166
2
7
0      137
232
New Mexico Suie          0
5
0
63
154
1
7
0     123
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CSUF Alumni meet for volleyball match
This weekend, Ihe Fresno Sute volley- cock (1981-84), Debbie Lewis (1982-33),
ball team will come face-to-face with its Dana Dicker (1982-83) and Sandi Pearcy
past as tbe 1985 squad host an Alumni (1977-80) lo name a few.
match Saturday at 11 a.m. in the South There is some speculation that Lawan-
Gyranatium. son, a member of the U.S. National team
The match, which is free to tbe public, may participate, although, that has not
includes an all-sur lineup of Kathy Han- been confirmed.
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