Robotics DreamLab

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Originally Posted by waialua359

Do you have any specific equipments in mind? Then we can suggest vendors and costs.

Like everything else in the world, robots tend to be built with "local talent, materials, methods" so if all you know is woodcraft you might get a wood robot, if all you know is carbon fiber, you get carbon fiber.

Right off the bat I'd say a 3-D printer, mill, lathe, bandsaw, drillpress, flatbed waterjet or plasma cutter would top the list.

Any large piece metal forming or welding we outsource. We currently outsource milled or lathed parts but for the most part we never have had to make these type items larger than your hand. So machinery that could make a part that sized would be about right.

Sorting out the list -
3d printer ???
waterjet ???
lathe ???
bandsaw ???

I took a look at the Haas TL-1 lathe. Nice stuff, overkill for what we want to accomplish. Maybe I need to better define "DreamLab".