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Vol. XVIIÍ, No. 26
Tools of future arrive;
usher in age of robotics
By Fritz Wenzel
Of The Print
Clackamas Community
College has taken a quantum
leap into the technological age
by acquiring three robots that
will be used to teach students
how to work on and with the
tools of the future.
One industrial robot is
already here and working, and
the three new ones that were
unpacked by students Tuesday
will round out the clan of elec­
tronic educators.
The four robots, named
rhinos, will be used to instruct
students on how to make the
robots coordinate with other
working machinery in a
simulated environment, and to
be a guinea pig of sorts in the
sense that students will ex­
amine and learn about the cir­
cuitry and construction of the
robots, Robert Lehman, Col­
lege instructor who is heading
up the robot project said.
Lehman explained that the
particular robots chosen had
an advantage over most
because they feature exposed
circuitry. “You can get in
there and do some repairs and
adjustments without ruining
the whole machine,” he said.
The College’s robot cur­
riculum has not been fully
developed yet, and Lehman
said that it would be next year
before it would be fleshed out.
Wednesday, June 5, 1985
Meeting set Monday
Classified contract
agreement pending
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Contract negotiations bet­
ween Clackamas Community
College’s Board of Directors
and classified personnel could
result in a tentative agreement
to a two-year contract when
both sides meet Monday, June
10.
The last meeting between
the classified negotiating team
and the administrative
negotiating team on May 21
ended with each side offering a
two-year proposal.
HERO GETS A workout under the watchful eye of electronic
Kevin Forney, a member of
instructor Robert Lehman.
the classified negotiating team
explained that while the first
Lehman explained that operation of the teach pen­ year in each of the two-year
there are two different ways dant, so the robots were proposals are nearly identical,
that people operate industrial adapted for quick acceptance there are differences in salary
robots. One is through a com­ by industry.
increases for the second year.
The money to buy the four The classified team had
puter keyboard like a conven­
tional computer, and the other robots was designated to the originally asked for a total in­
way is by a hand-held lever Electronics Department a year crease of 6.8 percent, while the
control box, called a teach ago for the purpose of administrative side proposed a
pendant, that is connected by upgrading the industrial area 5 percent increase.
wire to the robot, much like an of the department. The robots
The classified negotiating
overhead mobile crane is cost about $4,500 each.
team is currently seeking feed­
back from all classified
operated by a man from a
The Electronics Department employees about the Board’s
position on the floor. Lehman
explained that this technique also has a personal robot nam­ second-year offer with a
of robot programming is ed Hero that is able to perform survey. At this time 39
various tasks, and offers the responses have come in, and
desirable because so many students a chance to work on Forney said the deadline for
people in the workplace are visai, sonar and speaking turning in the surveys will be
already familiar with the robotic circuitry.
this Friday, June 8. It is at this
time Forney said the classified
negotiating team will meet to
discuss the outcome of the
surveys.
If there is an overwhelming
approval for the second year
of the two-contract, Forney
said a tentative agreement may
be reached when both sides
meet again on Monday, June
10. While nothing definite has
been decided, Forney said it is
his belief that “most people
are saying a two-year is just
fine.”
In regards to the one-year
proposal, Forney said the
classified team was surprised
that the administrative
negotiating team agreed to ac­
cept their proposal for a layoff
clause. “They seemed so ada­
mant in that they would not
accept (the clause),” he said.
Should a tentative agree­
ment be reached for a two-
year contract, the layoff clause
in the first year would allow
any classified members facing
layoff to be able to bump less
senior employees in another
department, rather than face
unemployment. The clause
would only be exercised when
classifie members could stay
inside their divisions.
Take a look!
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‘Refreshing Nuptials’ debuts
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ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS Dave Robison and Max Culbertson test the
dexterity of the new robot on campus.
Photo by Joel Miller
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