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f - - ill! ! V-x U I I ! ( J i f ' ) X i .J I I ! i Wednesday, Msrchr 13, 1G35 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 84 No. 122 X'iczlfiz r: Soma morning showers then bscom Iny partly cloudy, windy end warmer this after noon with a hih of 45 (7C). Cloud snd not u cold tonight with a low of 23 (-2C). Thursday, partly cloudy and warmer with a high of 49 (SC). -r HH 1 DjBnid GifToid EealarEesierier State for students must be in cresssd to 11 the gaping void crested by federd M reductions, according to a host cf stBdsnts erd eduction of3 cids who testified ti Tussdss Educa ! t!on Ce&siittee hesring st the Cgpitol A stitswide wcrk-stcdy 'prosrsia would be the rst step Nebok could tsko en the state student eid stdrcsse, ssid Exporters cf a bill thst would UEdcr LB113, resident students t Nebraska cdk'cj tad csiversities could w'ik f.r non-profit businesses "tt W J 'kJ W 'IriiJ WW Pells f:r ttlzys ASUII c!ccti:nv. '1 1 3 epers t::n 8 a.:.i. until 0 p.n. it three IL-ri::.D E:':c, ACUN Z'Jd vctb-! tcctl.3 V.I!! b3 A A .1 c:i City C;r.r?.. T . 9. 1 4 a n, ts t;-.lr cire.it ttuuent I.O, J 1 tksiff r. c:.:t I.D.viihth::rfc:L-:i Uvet'v V ft- tZVH dace, etrc: U:.::nll5. V ". 7.nESO 1.0 csn he am "unsises- 1 r fC1 7L End local or state government agencies to ttm up to $1,800 a year. Those employers would psy SO percent cf stu dents' salaries, and the stste would psy the rest Don Adpoii, director of Scholarships end Financial Aid at UNL, estimated thst unmet need for student aid in Nebraska is $22.8 million. "We redly don't need to lock at funding that whole gsp," Arlpoli ssid. "Zzt if you co give $1 million that's $1 million less that v;e neod." Arlpoli termed work-study an "at tractive option" and one psrt cf what he hopes will bacons a balanced pack asa cl sttte aid. ' I Tl 9 t " "? T .K "f y-- f"a I.K9i V 1 - tM W w ...-. A I era r.i rlm5 ti well o a t - .r-t f" s. '-' ifv Lc ' j f : f :zn ard net ju:t a J-jt.:j. :? Tl.n c r t 1: 1 zzrt'l beer i?. cn LI 'i r Jj, f. - : n t:.3 Uritt i KL, ';., ccxrjjrs l:.in a Fwrxh Althir av:'..:llllty in Lincoln WmliGrt up for MIT fioua,raoy...Pag9ii Droid sees, hears T-Xi&TPMJP 'ISP if WW iiOF By Dave Goc&cn CiffEejrrr "1 2D2 he isn't. Cut the agriculture if engineering department's robot, il v known as KESO 1.0, has many things in common with his "Star Wars" cousin. Neil Sullivan, an agriculture engi rt instructor ar.d the robot's creator, showed how EEEO can walk, pickup and place electa and memo riza.detailed coranands. The robot ako csn see, hear and speak. Sullivan and lb students built the rctot from a kit throe years ago for o Engineering-Week project. How, HEEO is used u on educational and training unit. Sullivan ssid the possibility of sterling a robotics class in the indus trial engineering department in the near Mure exists. He said the course probably will be an, introductory course dealing with theories and ... -'Spp!iest!oanr&bct3'sr.d cpen to; " From the inside, EEEO looks like most robots, including R2D2. With KEEO's outer cover removed, the robot's circuit boards appear. Each function is isolated on a spe- Work-study provides more than stu dent aid for needy students, ha said. It gives students a chancs to "test out'' career aress by giving them a taste of evezyday work. Work-study brings more money to colleges and universities by enabling more people to enroll Arlpoli added that research has proved stu dents who are employed perform better academically. Ho one testified against the measure. Debate on whether private, profit V1 fflTftrt S5lHCit.(tS! s should ba allowed to participate in the prcgrast prompted the only contrm'srsy. Hike Abdoisch, representing the Council cf Private Vocational Schools, ! oiiL trd abroad i3 tl :t, cITci-b Lt lL's InA .t..- .-fi f - ?-- wu U"i e thnt if stwi:r,:s ?c 'V v..-.r.t to lem abo'.t a cour.trs cilt, they Lva to v.c:kt;i:litl3pc"!o. Cil.t-. Jc;-, cr -t:r cf t-v.r pr r::.T3 ai the C,:::: j C;p.:tuil.y X:.t:r, 1 1;':::. La Urii-i C.I, cili it's not t:o Ut5 to pur.3 an i:.t::;:t in cvcr..-i: erk.isrt E-t tcce it Erst ir.urt EVulr.it appllc.iiorj Lr a wcrl: pc"i to the Cc.:-cil cn Ir tcrra tlrr.i T!.:z:V.:i Ex:! -z. II 7 r ,,.,-,v' jV, f "If"" v v.t v VJU l;u u.. To to e"' 11:, :;;!.: -'ts rx:t be 13, a f."-tl. 3 t"-"t; a U.C. cl.l. ii 'HopO G0SiTG...Pag9 8 and speak 0f J f i cific board and laMod. The robot is battery-powered and can be pro-' grammed to memerhe and follow a given set of instructions or operated .... by a hand-held control box. IIEF.O's memory can story 64,000 pieces cf information, giving it the ability to carry out lengthy or detailed assignments. Sullivan said the robot's sight comes from a radar device commonly found in Polaroid cameras. It let3 the robot detect motion and make navi gation and distance calculations. KEBO also has a voice spthesizer that canle3 64 phonetic sounds, including various degrees of irilec tion, he said. The roM can speak any phrase in any language with this fea- -ture. All functional commands, including speech, are programmed into the robot's computer brain by punching the keyboard digits on top cf the unit. Most robots in cs'tsdsj Ere re employed ia' highly dsagoroiss, repeti tive or boring jobs, Sullivan said. The ; auto industrj' uses many robots for jobs like precision welding and painting. Although robots have a high initial cost, they can compete effectively said profit-oriented businesses should be included to save the state money and to provide more applicable expe rience to students. He said that states that limit their programs to non profit organisations end up paying about 70 percent cf the students' salaries. ' Tore .Nelson cf Emerson, a Wayne State Collego student, told the com mittee that profit-oriented businesses would be encouraged to hire students merely because they would be less expensive than traditional employees. Nelson said students 'would displace workers who need those jobs just as badly. Work-study would, in this case, be t state subsidy to business, he ssid. ( .'Z. Si. 9 bhi It GENEVA Th United States Soviet Union' lesdsy after a 15 mcath break od called the first Bat chief U.S. negotiator Bias Kampelnan sdd he End Mot dele- .ly! 4vw4 Ws.fcWl ikt0 it agreed on a "principle cf confiden tiality" that barred giving details. U i i,i.u ! 5 1... Vl li.Vii'wi :-iv chs-p lifted Wcstom hopes slightly as the three-tiered negotiations en s;a:e v.r ;;rs ar.i entfc ar.i mtdlura-riase nuclcrr nUsriks c;;r.: 1 l.:I.:;.i tl; 1 '? irci r:.z cf tl.3 S'r.:- r.!:.:cn to tlo lV.'t:J i c:s tfaJ-tar.ce v, jre Lrj-ncd Moil' ffta Vsa ilWiTOf? with human labor, Sullivan said. Robots never sleep, take a lunch break or get bored with their tasks. They can keep production costs low and maintain high quality standards, ho said. Many people, especially those in labor-related jobs, fear robots will put them cut of work because they won't be able to compete with robots' speed and efaciency, Sullivan said. Robots probably will replace humans on the assembly line, .!! van said. But these people will be retrained to do tasks that robots can not, such as designing, teachkg, supervising, and servicing these machines, he said. According to Sullivan, studies are being done with artificial intelligence . that would allow robots to make decisions using programmed logic rather than having to respond with only a limited number of assigned iastructions. ... , v t Using robots in agriculture is limited now. While agriculture has many boring or repetitive jobs, Sulli van said, several obstacles hinder use of robots, on farms. Ccstiimed on Psgi 10 State Sen. Gerald Conway of Wayne, co-sponsor cf the bill, agreed that pri vate businesses should remain exempt and said he opposed an amendment that would include them. Since 1981, federal student funding has decreased 20 percent. The admin istration's fiscal 1888 budget calls for a $2.3 million redaction, which would drop one million students irom federal programs. Guaranteed Student Loans would go to students where families make less than $32,500 a year. A . $25,000 income cap would be placed on 'Pell Grant applicants and students could receive no more than $4,000 ' annually in federal aid. - at the 2s4-honr meeting or Has o3 cials hinted beforehand, it was da voted mamiy to ptanrdng a work program for negotiitlons that were likely to take several yesrs. Other, diplomats said a session scheduled for a U.S. cf3ce bmldk ca Thursday would stsrt getting into red detail on issuos of sub stance. They acknowledged Tues- have involved some substantive The t?lks opened on sehedbb despite tha desth cf Soviet Presi dent Kcnstantin Chcrrxnko late UuM.uuiuy Vtot , ... c;vii i . vi;.h n -N' r-i. ?T ft ciTor to di for a f: f i j. c I "4 if , 1 1 'A f I ,-1 ? , ,