http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/03/robotic-arms-for-the-masses/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:04:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/03/robotic-arms-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Clifford Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:49:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/03/robotic-arms-for-the-masses/#comment-1079 Oh, yes, that's right. Then you give your passenger some special tools, and out they go to fix it, and so you are not late for the show! Anyone else think of any uses for these arms? If we show our support, the car manufacturers might well sense a niche and before you know it, it'll be just like what happened with the Prius.... -cvj Oh, yes, that’s right. Then you give your passenger some special tools, and out they go to fix it, and so you are not late for the show! Anyone else think of any uses for these arms? If we show our support, the car manufacturers might well sense a niche and before you know it, it’ll be just like what happened with the Prius…. -cvj

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/03/robotic-arms-for-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Angus McPresley Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:38:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/08/03/robotic-arms-for-the-masses/#comment-1078 You know, I can think of another practical use for one of those. Did you car ever make a noise underneath, that you just couldn't tell where it was coming from? With a microphone and camera mounted on the robot arm, you could probe under the car while you drove and determine the source. You know, I can think of another practical use for one of those. Did you car ever make a noise underneath, that you just couldn’t tell where it was coming from? With a microphone and camera mounted on the robot arm, you could probe under the car while you drove and determine the source.

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