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  Robot Idea (been done before?)
 
Idea: Drawing shapes with a robot and then getting them into the computer ok, i haven't thought this one all the way through, but here is an idea that i had a long time ago, i forgot about, and then it cropped up again today in my head... A robot (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Robot Idea (been done before?)
 
(...) It'd be like LOGO, but backwards. I have considered making a LOGO-bot. --Ben (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Robot Idea (been done before?)
 
That's a 'plotter' input device you're descibing - it used to be quite a popular input device for CAD (and I think still is at the high end of the market), but for general use, the mouse has replaced it. I remember building something similar for my (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)

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