From: sl2k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Schitt Laowattana)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai
Subject: About Acronym:FIBO
Date: 27 Aug 92 08:30:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.kebEARS00UhBE2P28E
Organization: Doctoral student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Sawatdee krub P'Tawit,


Excerpts from mail: 27-Aug-92 Re: Still on FIBO budget by Tawit
Chitsomboon@icomp0 
> Khun Schitt Krub,
>  
> I am intrigued by the name
> Center of Operation for Field Robotics Development.
>  
> Why not just Center of Operation for Field Robotics?
>
    At the time that I coined this name, I would like to convey the
sense of working characteristics at FIBO.  Whatever FIBO opearate on, it
looks for development.  FIBO wants to change the tradition of most
research in Thailand which stop at the beginning of creativity &
initiative.  We want to combine these capaility with further development.

  
> Or, Why not just Center for Field Robotics Development?

    Perhaps, I made a mistake using redundant words.  Please forgive me
for my poor English.

>  
> What is a field robot anyway? Is their a non-field robot?


    Field robots are ones that actually work in the real environment. 
At FIBO, we are interested to design and fabricate robots and other
automatic systems that will be used in production plants, farmings etc. 
FIBO will also have an opportunity to pariticipate in the Royal
projects, for exmaple food processing plants in the northern part of
Thailand.  Projects of such scale, required specific machines and
process control by which food product could be made with high quality
and at low cost.

    Therefore, we are not looking for building lab-scaled robots and
automatic systems.  However, various experiments on the lab-scaled
prototypes ,inside, FIBO is requird before we can design proven systems.
 


>  
> Why the acronym is FIBO? What is the significant of the word?

    FI : FIeld
    BO : roBOtics

    No significance of the word.  Just easy to remember and to call.

> What's wrong with COFRD? (I would suggest COFRoD.)
> ( Remember Yon Garafut?)

    Actually, I used the acrononym:CORFD at my first presentation of
this project in the 1st Confernce of Thai Professionals in North
America.  It's Dr. Sakarinth, Director(?) , National Center of Genetic
Engineering who adviced me on how difficulty he could remeber such
acronym.

>  
> I've never seen any weirder way to acronym-ize a long name :-)
>  
> Answer those questions on the net if you prefer.

    Thank you very much for your interest in FIBO.  I would like to
invite to give further suggestions to our on-going discusiion about
FIBO.  Since you are one of experienced Thais we have, I believe the
foundation of FIBO will be enhanced significantly.


Best Regards,


Schitt(DJ)  Laowattana

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Permanent Address in Thailand:

Center of Operation for FIeld roBOtics Development(FIBO)
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Thonburi
91 Suksawasd 48  Ratburana  Bangmod
Bangkok 10140, Thailand

Tel. No. 428-3374, 427-4421 and 4270151-9 Ext. 461
Fax. No. 427-8077, 427-8787

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