What is "waldoes"

Usage examples of "waldoes".

The first of them, a primitive gadget compared with the waldoes now to be found in every shop, factory, plant, and warehouse in the country, had been designed to enable Waldo to operate a metal lathe.

Near the man, mounted on the usual stand, were a pair of primary waldoes, elbow length and human digited.

The secondary waldoes, whose actions could be controlled by Waldo himself by means of his primaries, were mounted in front of the power tool in the position of the operator.

Waldo continued with unhurried skill, his finger motions within his waldoes exerting pressure which would need to be measured in fractions of ounces, but the two sets of waldoes, paralleled to him thousands of miles below, followed his motions accurately and with force appropriate to heavy work at hand.

One steel hand of the secondary waldoes lashed out, grasped Jenkins by the wrist.

Everywhere were pairs of waldoes, large, small and life-size, with vision pickups to match.

The ubiquitous waldoes, the insubstantial quality of the furniture, and the casual use of all walls as work or storage surfaces, gave the place a madly fantastic air.

There were several pairs of waldoes growing out of a steel ring which surrounded the working space.

There were waldoes rigged near the spherical wall, too, including one pair so huge that Stevens could not conceive of a use for it.

Just to make sure he went back, assumed his primary waldoes, cut in the necessary circuits, and partially disassembled it.

To check his belief he returned to the control ring, donned his waldoes, cut in a mobile scanner, and proceeded to search the space around the deKalbs with the most sensitive pickup for the radio power band he had available.

He returned to the ring and, using waldoes, switched on the activating circuit of the deKalb.

The smallest waldoes he had used up to this time were approximately half an inch across their palmswith micro-scanners to match, of course.

His final team of waldoes used for nerve and brain surgery varied in succeeding stages from mechanical hands nearly life-size down to these fairy digits which could manipulate things much too small for the eye to see.

Each level of waldoes had its own surgical instruments, its own electrical equipment.