Abstract: A system for inserting a flexible robotic arm into a workspace, the system having: a feed mechanism having a housing containing a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism gripping the flexible robotic arm using at least one drive wheel which is coupled to a drive motor, the feed mechanism is provided with at least one force sensor; and a haptic controller coupled to the feed mechanism, the haptic controller having input controller for instructing the drive motor within the feed mechanism to activate in response to the signal from the input controller, and wherein the input controller is provided with haptic feedback to provide an operator an indication of the state of operation of the feed mechanism based on signals output from signals provided by the force sensors.

Abstract: A cordless telephone network comprises a base unit (12) that is interconnected into a normal telephone network (19) and a plurality of hand-held cordless telephones (20). Each of the hand-held cordless telephones has a distinctive identification code and the base unit temporarily stores the identification code of the hand-held unit with which it is communicating during a call and will not communicate with other hand-held units having different identification codes during that call. Each of the hand-held units has the ability to scan a plurality of cordless telephone channels for either receiving a call on a channel on which its identification code is transmitted or placing a call on a channel on which a base unit transmits a "free-channel" signal. The hand-held units each have a voice activation/deactivation circuit which allows the hand-held unit to send and receive audio signals only when it has been given permission to do so by a base unit.

Abstract: A cordless telephone network comprises a base unit (12) that is interconnected into a normal telephone network (19) and a plurality of hand-held cordless telephones (20). Each of the hand-held cordless telephones has a distinctive identification code and the base unit temporarily stores the identification code of the hand-held unit with which it is communicating during a call and will not communicate with other hand-held units having different identification codes during that call. Each of the hand-held units has the ability to scan a plurality of cordless telephone channels for either receiving a call on a channel on which its identification code is transmitted or placing a call on a channel on which a base unit transmits a "free channel" signal. The hand-held units each have a voice activation/deactivation circuit which allows the hand-held unit to send and receive audio signals only when it has been given permission to do so by a base unit.