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Products => Crowd Funded Projects => Topic started by: kaz911 on September 22, 2014, 02:36:43 pm

Title: 3D Printer / Pick & Place and Light Mill for $2000++ FLEX.ARM
Post by: kaz911 on September 22, 2014, 02:36:43 pm
Have you guys seen this yet?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/535786699/flxarm-low-cost-precision-robotic-arm (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/535786699/flxarm-low-cost-precision-robotic-arm)

Not affiliated - but basic "Robot" with 3D Print/ Pick&Place / Milling in a robot that prints out in "big format" if you can live with their "circular" format.

Title: Re: 3D Printer / Pick & Place and Light Mill for $2000++ FLEX.ARM
Post by: PlainName on September 22, 2014, 02:53:47 pm
Gosh, I would lurve to have one of those on my desk just to watch it do stuff. Any stuff. Very nice indeed.

But... for 2K you could get something more capable, albeit not as pretty, and so far as I can see the differentiator is that this one has stuff like PnP, printing, etc in mind from the off.
Title: Re: 3D Printer / Pick & Place and Light Mill for $2000++ FLEX.ARM
Post by: edavid on September 22, 2014, 05:07:48 pm
Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 22, 2014, 02:53:47 pm
But... for 2K you could get something more capable, albeit not as pretty, and so far as I can see the differentiator is that this one has stuff like PnP, printing, etc in mind from the off.

What are some other closed loop platforms you can get for $2K?
Title: Re: 3D Printer / Pick & Place and Light Mill for $2000++ FLEX.ARM
Post by: PlainName on September 22, 2014, 05:11:16 pm
I was thinking more about the construction. Closed loop is nice, but not a critical aspect.