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Tulsa, OK: Go Pick Up Your Robot Now!

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2011-12-11 14:51 in Robotics
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-P50-Robotic-Arm-Robot-Arm-/330645417385 ?pt=BI_Robotics&hash=item4cfc00ada9

Just $100 (as of this posting) buys you $800 worth of (slightly damaged) GE robot arm. Pickup only, bring a friend & a truck. Or set it gently under a good friend's Christmas tree!

What a project for 2012...

Comments

  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,241
    edited 2011-11-24 14:36
    Hmmmm. Could you mount that on an Scribbler S2?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-11-24 14:49
    Only once.
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2011-11-24 15:07
    erco wrote: »
    Only once.

    LOL :smile:

    Encoders are expensive. :frown:
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-11-24 20:40
    Now erco, Beau has important work to do. You don't want to be responsible for delaying the Prop 2, do you? DO YOU?

    -Phil
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,566
    edited 2011-11-24 22:06
    Thanks Phil ... :-) Tulsa is about an hour and a half away for me (give or take) ... honestly, at the moment I'm not sure what I would do with it (two broken motors?).... I'll pass the info along to the guys I know at "OHM Space" someone there might be interested.
  • HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
    edited 2011-11-24 22:11
    I eagerly when to the link, and then found it's a broken arm. :( Better set it in the doctor's office scheduled for surgery rather than under a Christmas tree. Santa doesn't like to deliver broken toys on Christmas.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-11-24 23:17
    hover1 wrote: »

    Encoders are expensive. :frown:

    BAH! A REAL man can fix that with a BS1 and some duct tape. Cowboy up! :)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-11-27 14:32
    Still at $100 with 4 hours to go!
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-11-27 15:05
    erco wrote: »
    Still at $100 with 4 hours to go!

    I want it, but I did the math:

    Round trip to pick up 2800 miles

    Suburban 454 CID 12MPG = 233 GAL

    Average Gas $3.49 x 233 GAL = $814.00

    Two nights at Motel 6 = ~$100.00

    Total ~$1000.00 travel, ( not including the initial purchase, which may go up)

    Nope, that money is better spent for Christmas gift for others :)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-11-27 15:08
    I prefer this scenario:
    Publison wrote: »
    i want it, but i did the math:

    Round trip to pick up 2800 miles

    suburban 454 cid 12mpg = 233 gal

    average gas $3.49 x 233 gal = $814.00

    two nights at motel 6 = ~$100.00

    total ~$1000.00 travel, ( not including the initial purchase, which may go up)

    owning your own industrial robot: Priceless! :)
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-11-27 15:15
    erco wrote: »
    I prefer this scenario:

    I'm afraid my kids would not see the logic in that.

    "What do you mean Dad, we now own 1/3 stock in a GE Robot arm, what the heck is that? Will it fit under the tree and will it play with my Play Station?" :)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-11-27 16:19
    Even better, promise 'em it can do this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOCmoYU6h1Q
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-11-27 16:48
    I wonder if that's their boss in the chair. I don't know why, but whenever I see that video, I think of the movie 9 to 5. :)

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-11-27 21:41
    Well somebody got it for $100!

    If that's too rich for you, head to Target, where you can get this cute little robotic pickup claw for just $3. It's short, but actually shaped quite well for picking up things (considering it's a non-parallel gripper). Big grippy rubber pads help.
    claw.jpg
    653 x 490 - 38K
  • wmosscropwmosscrop Posts: 409
    edited 2011-12-02 08:34
    Dang it! I live in Tulsa and I missed it!

    Of course, it might have been a little too heavy for my car...
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-12-05 19:42
    @wmosscrop: Christmas comes early, you get a second chance! It's relisted: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330653039450&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNARL:US:1123
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-12-11 14:51
    Just 5 hours to go... http://www.ebay.com/itm/330653039450?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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