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KUKA got there first... :(
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Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:57:04 GMT
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http://www.oxford.net/~hendryjr/temp/KUKA/
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KUKA just premiered this at IAAPA, a huge amusement industry convention held
every year in the US. It's their KR 500 robot (from what I can tell), which
was the first articulated to throw around 500 kg mass, plus seats provided
by Wieland Schwarzkopf, GmbH.
Two years ago I proposed offhandedly that Ventax, the robot company I work
for, should try attaching my office chair to the EOAT plate on our L-type
robot ( http://www.ventax.com/l.html ) as it's suitable for payloads of
about 100 kg. The first time I saw an LM-MX (slightly smaller L-type), I
knew I had to ride it. Of course, I don't have some exciting story about
sneaking in after-hours and powering up the robot and going for a whirl. But
it's sort of been a joke every time we build a big robot now that "Iain will
want to ride it."
But KUKA got there first.
I've talked to someone who talked to someone who rode it in Germany at the
plant, and reportedly it's just unbeliveable. Can you imagine the ride that
can do, be, or make you feel *anything*, with virtually no limitations? Can
you imagine feeling as though you're on the tip of the Samauri's blade, as
he carves majestic profiles in the air?
Iain
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 | | Re: KUKA got there first... :(
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| If you want to ride on somethng like that, you should go to space camp canada in montreal. They have a shuttle mock-up (only the front quarter, but real size) with a "canadarm" in the back, with a seat on the end. Of course, it doesnt go very fast (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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