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From: skar7950@mach1.wlu.ca (Raymond Skarratt u)
Subject: Re: Building Materials
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1993 17:47:07 GMT
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Hi! Being the originator of most of the 'cheap' articles I feel I
must comment.  

My postition is not that I want to build a robot but I don't want to
spend any money doing it.  The information that I am trying to get 
is information on the least expensive way of going about building
a simple robot.  I am a HCCE student (Honours Computing and Computer
Electrinics) and am hoping that upon finishing my degree I could
possibly do some grad work somewhere dealing with robotics and/or 
speech recognition.  
Tution and basic school expenses take care of most of my yearly income
so I don't have a lot left to spend on a current hobby.
That's all robotics is for me right now, a HOBBY.
I don't want to be sinking a couple hundered dollars into a robot
that either will only be able to do one simple thing or that I
can't take apart and try new designs with.
The point here is that currently I don't have a lot of money to spend
on robotics although I realise that it is an expensive hobby.  I don't
want to get into a project that requires $600 range finders or whatever,
I just want to have a little fun for now and maybe get a little ahead in
some course over the summer for next year.
Is that so wrong?

Ray
skar7950@mach1.wlu.ca 
