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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!cam-eng!mww
  2. From: mww@eng.cam.ac.uk (Mark Wright)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.robotics
  4. Subject: Re: A gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, a pack of wolves...
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan11.131109.19041@eng.cam.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 11 Jan 93 13:11:09 GMT
  7. References: <piggy.726714034@newsroom.utas.edu.au> <WLIM.93Jan10205822@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM> <1993Jan11.051343.17141@reed.edu>
  8. Sender: mww@eng.cam.ac.uk (Mark William Wright)
  9. Organization: Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK
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  11. Nntp-Posting-Host: dsl.eng.cam.ac.uk
  12.  
  13. Well, asking around the lab we collected the following
  14. promising candidates:
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  16. A "joint" of robots
  17. An "assembly" (my favorite)
  18. A "collision" (Particularly apt for systems with path planners)
  19.  
  20. (Thats enough collective nouns - Ed)
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  22. Mark Wright
  23. Speech, Vision and Robotics Group
  24. Cambridge University Engineering Department
  25. Trumpington Street, Cambridge, England CB2 1PZ
  26. Tel: +44-223-332754 Fax:+44-223-332662
  27. EMail: mww@eng.cam.ac.uk
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