[Robotgroup] Short but important survey

[Def Egge]

At 18:37 2006/11/19 -0600, you wrote:
>To All Interested Parties:
>
>This post started out as a short response to Shane's post about the  
>self-healing robot, but quickly spun out of control. Since I have  
>recently been reminded that new topics deserve new threads, here  
>goes. Here is the link that broke the camel's back:
>
>http://news.com.com/Photos+How+a+robot+learns+to+walk-and+limp/ 
>2300-11394_3-6136573.html?tag=nefd.lede
>
>This is exactly the kind of thing I would like to be experimenting  
>with, if anybody cares. I believe the plastic parts of the body of  
>this robot were made on a 3D printer. The lines are visible in  
>picture 5 and appear to be different than milling marks.

[trimmed]

Thread hijacking is damned near impossible in such a situation.

I could not see what you were referring to in the link to photo 5; however,
I downloaded and enlarged that and see a 'stippling' along the surface.  I
presume that this is what you were pointing out as characteristic of 3D
printing?

The remainder of your post will be addressed in a separate reply.


All the best....

Mike