@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */

body,div,dl,dt,dd,ol,ul,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,form,fieldset,input,textarea,p,blockquote,th,td {margin: 0;padding: 0;}

a {color:#3333CC; text-decoration:none; }
a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited {color:#3333CC;}

html {
margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
body {
text-align: center;
margin: 0 0 24px 0;
padding: 0;
font: 62.5%/1.5 Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
color: #1d1a1b;
/* background: #DBE4EF url(/images/site/stripes_bg.jpg) repeat-x;
background: #C3D0E2 url(/images/site/stripes_bg2.gif) repeat-x; */
background: #C3D0E2 url(/images/site/stripes_bg2.jpg) repeat-x;
}
.outercontent {
width:996px;
margin: 14px auto 10px auto;
padding:10px;
background-image: url(/images/site/rt_logo.gif);
background-position:top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
border:1px solid #A0A9B7;
}

.printoutercontent {
width:758px;
margin: 14px 14px 14px 44px;
padding:10px;
background-image: url(/images/site/rt_logo.gif);
background-position:top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
border:1px solid #A0A9B7;
min-height:1000px;
}

#navheader {
margin: 0 0 0 8px;
width: 998px; height: 23px;
position: relative;
/*
z-index: 100;
*/
}

/* Main Navigation
----------------------------------------------- */
#nav {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
height: 23px;
z-index: 5;
/*
position: absolute;
*/
top: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: 100;
}	
#nav li {
margin: 0; 
padding: 0;
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
*:first-child+html #nav li  {
height: 1%;
}
*:first-child+html #nav li:hover  {
height: 1%;
}
#nav li a.first-level {
float: left;
padding: 23px 0 0 0;
margin: 0;
height: 0px !important; 
height /**/:23px; 
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
}
#nav a.first-level:hover {
background-position: 0 -23px;
}
#t-home a.first-level  {
width: 54px;
background: url(../images/navigation/home.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
#t-robotics a.first-level  {
width: 141px;
background: url(../images/navigation/robotics.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
#t-conferences a.first-level  {
width: 141px;
background: url(../images/navigation/conferences.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
#t-links a.first-level  {
width: 141px;
background: url(../images/navigation/links.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
#t-archive a.first-level  {
width: 141px;
background: url(../images/navigation/issue_archive.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
#t-career a.first-level  {
width: 141px;
background: url(../images/navigation/career.jpg) no-repeat left top;
}
#nav li ul {
position : absolute;
left: -999em;
height: auto;
float: left;
z-index: 100;
text-align:left;
}
#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul {
left: -999em;
}
#nav li ul li { 
line-height : 1.35em;
position: relative;
height: auto;
width: 167px;
float: none;
}
#nav li li a {
width: 150px; /*           ****CHANGE SUBMENU WIDTH**** */
height: auto;
padding : 4px 8px 4px 8px;
background: #94b5db;
color: #fff;
line-height: 1.2;
overflow: auto;
display: block;
border-bottom: 1px solid #B5C5DE;
text-decoration:none;
}
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul {
top: 23px;
left: -1px;
margin-left: 0;
}
/*                       ****DISPLAYS HORIZONTAL MENU**** */
#navigation li:active ul, #navigation li:hover ul, #navigation li.sfhover ul {
top: 23px;
margin-left: 0;
}
#nav a:hover {background-color:#0066CC;}


#search {
font-size:10pt;
text-align:left;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 759px;
background: url(../images/search_bg.jpg) no-repeat left top;
height: 23px;
}
#search form {
margin: 0;
float:left;
}
#search-field {
background: url(../images/search_bg2.jpg) no-repeat left top;
margin: 0px;
border: none;
width: 120px;
height: 20px;
float:left;
}
#search-wrapper {
margin: 0px 0 0 8px;
}


/**************** article styles *****************/
.indexHed { font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13pt; line-height:14pt; margin-bottom:4px; font-weight:bold;}

/**************** article styles *****************/
.rightBox { text-align:left; width:316px; margin-left:0px; border:1px solid #DDDDDD; padding:7px 8px 6px 9px; background-color:#FFF;}
#siderelated { font-size:9pt; line-height:120%; }
#siderelated ul {list-style:none;}
#siderelated li { margin-bottom:4px; padding-bottom:2px; border-bottom:1px dotted #dddddd;}
#siderelated a, li a {color:#777777; text-decoration:none; }
#siderelated a:hover, li a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
#siderelated li a:visited {color:#777777;}

.posted { font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:8pt; line-height:11pt; margin-left:2px; margin-bottom:2px; font-weight:normal; color: #666;}
.storyhead { font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:17pt; line-height:19pt; margin-left:18px; margin-bottom:4px; font-weight:bold; color:#000000;}
.storydeck { font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; line-height:14pt; margin-left:18px; margin-bottom:4px; font-weight:normal; color: #009999; width:600px;}
.storytags { font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; line-height:12pt; margin-left:18px; margin-bottom:4px; font-weight:normal; color: #369; }

.areaPageutilities a {color:#666666;}

#defaultFont {font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;}
.storybody { font-family: Trebuchet, Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:1.05em;}
.storybody p {margin-bottom:9pt;}
.storybody ul {margin-left:20pt;}

.calendar { height: 60px; float: left; background: url(/images/site/calendar.gif) no-repeat; width: 46px; padding: 7px 0 0 8px;  color: #808080;}
.calendar p { padding: 0; margin: 0; line-height:24px; font-size:13px; }
.storytags a {color:#3333CC; text-decoration:none; }
.storytags a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
.storytags a:visited {color:#3333CC;}
.description { padding: 0 0 2px 0; margin: 0 10px 5px 0; border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc; }
.thumbnail { float: left; margin: 0 18px 8px 0; border: 1px solid #dedede; }

#related { font-size:10pt; line-height:120%; }
#related ul {list-style:none;}
#related li { margin-bottom:4px; padding-bottom:2px; border-bottom:1px dotted #dddddd;}
#related a, li a {color:#33c; text-decoration:none; }
#related a:hover, li a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
#related li a:visited {color:#33c;}

#main-heading {clear: both; width: 500px; margin-left:12px;}
#main-heading img {display: inline;float: left;position: relative;}
#main-heading div {float: left;padding: 0 32px 0 0;background: url(../images/section_icon.gif) right top no-repeat; margin-bottom:18px;}
#main-heading h1 {color: #5c0e0f;margin: 0; padding: 5px 5px 0 5px; line-height: 1.2;font-size: 1.2em;xborder-left: 1px solid #5c0e0f;border-right: 1px solid #5c0e0f;min-height: 23px;}

#rightColumn {background: url(/images/site/rt_bg_blue.jpg) 0px 0px repeat-x; padding:6px 4px;}

#footer {background: #cfd0d2 url(../images/footer_bg.jpg) repeat-x left bottom;width:996px;margin:0px;clear: both;text-align: center; font-size:8pt;}
#footer span {padding-left: 10px;}
#footer p {margin: 0 10px; padding: 3px 0 5px 0;}
.footer-links {clear: both;text-align: center; margin-bottom:10px; font-size:12pt; color:#AAAAAA;}
.footer-links a {color:#3333CC; text-decoration:none; }
.footer-links a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
.footer-links a:visited {color:#3333CC;}

/**************** spacing styles *****************/
.pad0 {line-height:0px; margin-top:0px;}
.pad2 {line-height:2px; margin-top:2px;}
.pad4 {line-height:4px; margin-top:4px;}
.pad6 {line-height:6px; margin-top:6px;}
.pad8 {line-height:8px; margin-top:8px;}
.pad10 {line-height:10px; margin-top:10px;}
.pad12 {line-height:12px; margin-top:12px;}
.pad14 {line-height:14px; margin-top:14px;}
.pad16 {line-height:16px; margin-top:16px;}

.padleft2 {padding: 0px 2px 0px px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft4 {padding: 0px 4px 0px 4px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft6 {padding: 0px 6px 0px 6px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft8 {padding: 0px 4px 0px 8px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft10 {padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft12 {padding: 0px 12px 0px 12px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft14 {padding: 0px 14px 0px 14px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft16 {padding: 0px 16px 0px 16px; margin: 0px;}
.padleft18 {padding: 0px 18px 0px 18px; margin: 0px;}

/**************** comment styles *****************/
.commentbox {background: url(/images/site/comment_bg.jpg) -12px 0px no-repeat;padding:20px 20px 2px 14px; width:90%; font-family: Trebuchet, Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; }
.commentedge {border-left:1px solid #D3E0E9; margin-left:-14px;}
.commentbyline { font-size:11pt; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; color:#006699; margin-bottom:6px; }
.commenthead {font-size:11pt;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;color:#444444;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing: .1em;}
.commenttext { font-size:11pt; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; color:#555555;line-height:120%;  margin-bottom:6px; }
.commentline {border-top:1px solid #eee; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc; margin: 6px 0 0 -1px; }



/**************** nav styles *****************/

#nav {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
height: 23px;
z-index: 5;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;

z-index: 100;

}	
#nav li {
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0;
	display: inline;
	list-style-type: none;
	position: relative;
	float: left;
	}

	*:first-child+html #nav li  {

height: 1%;

}

	*:first-child+html #nav li:hover  {

height: 1%;

}


#nav li a.first-level {
	float: left;
	padding: 23px 0 0 0;
	margin: 0;
	height: 0px !important; 
	height /**/:23px; 
	overflow: hidden;
	display: block;
	}
	
#nav a.first-level:hover {
	background-position: 0 -23px;
	}
	
#t-home a.first-level  {
	width: 54px;
	background: url(../images/navigation/home.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	}
#t-robotics a.first-level  {
	width: 141px;
	background: url(../images/navigation/robotics.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	}
#t-conferences a.first-level  {
	width: 141px;
	background: url(../images/navigation/conferences.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	}
#t-links a.first-level  {
	width: 141px;
	background: url(../images/navigation/links.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	}
	#t-archive a.first-level  {
	width: 141px;
	background: url(../images/navigation/issue_archive.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	}
	#t-career a.first-level  {
	width: 141px;
	background: url(../images/navigation/career.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	}
	
#nav li ul {

    position : absolute;
	left: -999em;
	height: auto;
	float: left;
	
z-index: 100;

}
#nav li:hover ul ul, #nav li.sfhover ul ul {

	left: -999em;

}
#nav li ul li { 

	line-height : 1.35em;
	position: relative;
	height: auto;
	width: 167px;
	float: none;
}

#nav li li a {
width: 150px; /*           ****CHANGE SUBMENU WIDTH**** */
height: auto;
padding : 4px 8px 4px 8px;
background: #94b5db;
color: #fff;
line-height: 1.2;
overflow: auto;
display: block;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;

}





#nav li:hover ul, #nav li li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul, #nav li li.sfhover ul {

	top: 23px;
	left: -1px;
	margin-left: 0;

}


/*                       ****DISPLAYS HORIZONTAL MENU**** */

#navigation li:active ul, #navigation li:hover ul, #navigation li.sfhover ul {

	top: 23px;

	margin-left: 0;


}