Patent ID: 7183785

Claim:
A system for testing, comprising: a tester, having a tester resource; an interface board connected to the tester; a first socket of the interface board connectable to the tester; a second socket of the interface board connectable to the tester; a first manipulator arm connected to the tester; a second manipulator arm connected to the tester; a switch connected to the tester and the interface board, wherein the switch selectively effects communicative connection of the tester resource of the tester to one of either the first socket and the second socket, respectively, at each instant of testing via the tester; a controller connected to the first manipulator arm and the second manipulator arm, and also connected to the tester, wherein the controller is a master and the tester is a slave in control of testing, via the tester resource, at one of either the first socket and the second socket, respectively at each instant.