Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03745
To: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com, "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com,
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 01:20:40 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Mr. Tilden & Co. on Discovery Channel
At 12:15 AM 5/26/1999 , Ian Bernstein wrote:
> >An awesome shot of Spyder walking!
> >Or trying, anyhow, Mark's hand was preventing that, as Spyder's legs
> >couldn't reach the table =)
>Because of the weight and since Spyder is quite old he can barley even
>move and if I remember correctly he can't even carry his own power source
>(uses an external power source)?
Last time I saw it, it still was fully autonomous (with own batteries). I
seem to recall Mark saying something about needing to replace its springs
every few years.
Regards,
Dave
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