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Re: ...I almost peed! (Or: VIDEO of the most amazing thing ever)
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Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:12:00 GMT
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(I guess I'm just surprised that for a group that's so mechanically
oriented, no one else bothered to check this out...)

IAIN, that's not true.

I looked at that video, as did bruce.  I enjoyed watching the little
pallets move around. it was neat.  BUT as we have discussed before, what
I might enjoy in robotics is not what you enjoy.

do you remember how I sent you the link to those self-reconfigurable
robot..

http://www2.parc.com/spl/projects/modrobots/chain/polybot/

( all -- you might have to do some drilling but if you have the time the
sight is well worth the read.  )

Iain, I thought you would freak out over that sight....  yet all you
said was "eh"   you then proceeded to explain that you liked big
industrial robots, and we agreed that people, like fish, can like
different things.

your video of the Stelron is the same.  its nice... BUT to be honest for
me its like watching the innards of a sewing machine.

iain, keep sending the video's. I'm sure there are a TON of lurkers (you
know who you are) who did like to see all that.


Chris

Why do solar calculators have an off button?



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  Re: ...I almost peed! (Or: VIDEO of the most amazing thing ever)
 
(...) You have a good point, I supose I just get terribly overexcited about machinery and things in general. ie, (URL) this is going to be (to me) the most incredibly mechanical ride on Earth. The weldments... the weldments are soooooo good. I can't (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) Wow! Someone actually cared! :) It's amazing machinery eh? It's refreshing to see stuff like this after seeing servo and pneumatic systems so often. That is not to say I don't gush every time I see a SCARA flying about doing it's thing. (I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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