Article: CAD clears the mine field. (David Parish wins 1996 Microsoft Corp. award for excellence in computer-aided design)

For the elegance, practicality, and robustness of his robotics designs, Design News awards David Parish the 1996 Microsoft PC Excellence in Computer-Aided Design Award

Clearing land mines is one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs ground pounders undertake. In an effort to interpose a layer of safety between its troops and the object of such missions, the U.S. Marine Corps issued a request for proposal (RFP) for a remotely-operated mine-clearing system. A small company with origins in its founder's basement responded with the Standardized Teleoperating System (STS), a kit for converting any ground vehicle to remote or semi-autonomous control.

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