Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!csli!cphoenix From: cphoenix@csli.Stanford.EDU (Chris Phoenix) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Re: Pizzabots (was: Robots applied in food preparation) Message-ID: <19023@csli.Stanford.EDU> Date: 3 May 91 10:08:41 GMT Article-I.D.: csli.19023 References: <12476@qisoff.phx.mcd.mot.com> <24564@well.sf.ca.us> Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U. Lines: 15 In article <24564@well.sf.ca.us> nagle@well.sf.ca.us (John Nagle) writes: > On a smaller, scale, Automatix's Robotworld uses 4" square units >which translate in X and Y using two-dimensional linear stepping motors >and hanging magnetically from a flat surface above the work area. >The system is workable, but doesn't sell either. The Robotworld I saw required compressed air also. As I understand, the units are attracted to the surface by a magnet, and floated away from it by the compressed air for low friction. It also makes a lot of noise--the motors whine, and the air hisses. I never worked with it, but it looked pretty flexible, powerful, and precise. -- Chris Phoenix cphoenix@csli.stanford.edu #insert #insert #insert