Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!linus!philabs!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Robots in our Future? Message-ID: <19635@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 5 Sep 90 19:30:28 GMT References: <19496@ttidca.TTI.COM> <3603@intvax.UUCP> Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 18 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 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