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Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 05:05:19 AM »
Any idea what one of these cost or are worth?
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Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 07:38:06 AM »
I would guestimate at bare minimum, $10k. More likely $20k or $30k. They'll probably be beta versions, with limited source code and documentation.

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Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2010, 06:52:41 PM »
Wow, that's insane!
Talk about kicking off open source stuff!
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Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2010, 10:43:45 PM »
I think they are just trying to one up Sparkfun....

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Re: free Willow Garage robot (submit proposals)
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2010, 10:54:54 PM »
Present that in front of my electronics class.. even a 360 degree turn would throw them into a spin. :D

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