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What a deal! Robot for only $22,126.87

Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
edited 2011-05-02 19:10 in General Discussion
I can't believe the prices at this web site!

Neat stuff but You can buy a car for the price of this robot...
You can get the Pelican Case 16-Channel Remote for just another $1,120.50

http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1090

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  • Martin HodgeMartin Hodge Posts: 1,246
    edited 2011-04-30 20:15
    I'm guessing around $5,000 for the cost of construction and the other $17,126 for liability insurance.
  • davidsaundersdavidsaunders Posts: 1,559
    edited 2011-04-30 21:33
    No, I am guessing around 500 for construction, 100 for a division of the development costs, 400 for misc operating costs, and 21,126.87 for administration :) .
  • JasonDorieJasonDorie Posts: 1,930
    edited 2011-04-30 23:10
    I love that they didn't round it down to 21,125. I wonder what the 0.87 pays for?
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2011-05-01 10:38
    The key is "for law enforcement and military"!

    They would want total quality and reliability. Plus they probably don't want it to emit any electrical sparks so it could be used in a room filled with explosive gas and not ignite it with a spark from a relay or whatever (explosion proof or Class [whatever] for use in certain environments).

    And they would not want it to emit any electrical signals which could trigger a blasting cap on an explosive device. (How there are warning signs saying "Turn off two way radio" near explosives, etc.)

    And they would not want the signals to easily be jammed.

    And they would not want someone to be able to "listen in" to the control signals possibly (encrypted / secure).

    And ya da, ya da, ya da...

    Also to comply with all this stuff, you need to go through all sorts of testing, paperwork, and red tape.

    To give you an idea of all this stuff...

    Explosion Proof classes...
    http://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/hazloc.html

    Tempest...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEMPEST

    "Due precautions shall be taken to prevent accidental discharge of electric blasting caps from current induced by radar, radio transmitters, lightning, adjacent power lines, dust storms, or other sources of extraneous electricity."...
    http://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/blasting.html
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-05-01 15:31
    My company sells explosion proof stuff. Wicked expensive, and the regular stuff we sell isn't cheap to start with due to other regulations.
  • Cole LoganCole Logan Posts: 196
    edited 2011-05-02 18:19
    When the place I work for had to get a machine CE compliant that cost a ton. I can't imagine what it would take and what it would cost. Though I would imagine it goes something like this.

    1: build robot.
    2: Fill room with perfect air/fuel ratio
    3: Operate Robot
    4: Big Boom
    5: Redesign and go back to step one
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-05-02 18:34
    Cole, we once contracted a firm skilled in such things to make an explosion proof enclosure for a non explosion proof instrument we sold. (This was before the more modern approach of making every voltage in the entire instrument CE compliant, so the enclosure could be "soft.") They told us the testing procedure for the box involved detonating a stick of dynamite inside it and that if any gases escaped, it failed the test.
  • TubularTubular Posts: 4,717
    edited 2011-05-02 19:10
    The Quadrovers are a steal at $3,500 by comparison.
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