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Article #679Re: Robots in our Future?
From: The Polymath
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 19:30
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 19:30
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In article <3603@intvax.UUCP> loucks@intvax.UUCP (Cliff Loucks) writes:
}From article <19496@ttidca.TTI.COM>, by hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath):
}> In article <J?=%^5|@ads.com> pkenny@ADS.COM (Patrick Kenny) writes:
}> ... Six degree of freedom arms are now common. A year ago they
}> were like hen's teeth and outrageously expensive if you could find one.
}
}Sorry, but the PUMA 600 (as it was called then) was available 10
}years ago.
How many others were available? At what cost? I now have my choice of 6
DF arms and can get a very good one for less than $30K in today's dollars,
including a highly sophisticated controller.
--
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@ttidca.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp(+)TTI Illegitimis non
3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 450-9111, x2483 Carborundum
Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun | philabs | psivax}!ttidca!hollombe
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