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Repeating Motions
Repeating Motions

(JPEG) A 1950's photograph from a historic archive showing women at work in a futuristic scene. I used this photograph to represent repeated motions in the animated leader for + hybrid robotics and on the discs for the DVDs.

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When is a robotics engineer a science fiction hero, and when is he a captain of industry? Hans Trechsel, one of America's first robotics engineers, accepts both roles. I interviewed Hans, a resident of Rockford, Minnesota, for a video that will preserve his legacy. Hans happily explains the history of robots, starting with a Chezc play, and he points out that his robotic machines do not look like the humanoid machines in "Star Wars." But Hans has designed robotic arms for NASA space shuttles and multi-million dollar machines that fill medical syringes at a fast pace to make the antidote to nerve gas for the war in Iraq and to supply the flu vaccine in America. Hans explains that he does not want to replace human beings. His machines replace repeated motions that can slow assembly processes and cause carpal tunnel syndrome in manufacturing workers.

I recorded the interview, edited the video, and made DVDs and VHS tapes at the Edina Art Center.

You can see the introduction to hybrid robotics using Windows Media Player at this url:

http://www.interscienceproductions.com/Trechsel_Video_Introduction/index.htm