Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03842
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com, beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 21:09:47 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: PBS special- Poppers
At 06:11 PM 5/27/1999 , JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
> > Hahahaha, if your complaining about $300 for a walker I can't imagine
> > what you'd say if they came out with a kit for these, just the motors
> > would cost around $300, get your other parts in there, add markup and
> > your at like $800-$1000 =)
> >
>That's a good point. Gotta be a way around that. It throws me back to an old
>thought about the economic feasibility of BEAM tech as an alternative to
>conventional robotics as a cheaper method.
Oh, I've got some cost-cutting ideas in mind for that kit. I don't think it
should be more than $100, tops. Boy, now THERE'S a prediction I'm locking
myself into, ain't it?
-Dave
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2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
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