MG23
Yes quite correct, at the time those early systems were in place, the computers were not quite up to some of the tasks as well as the humans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igla_(s...docking_system)
The Russians seem to have solved the problem in 1965 and then updated...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurs_(docking_system)
and we followed along...
ATV completes final automated docking / Human Spaceflight / Our Activities / ESA