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From: pyeatt@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt)
Subject: Re: ____________] Ideas 
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In article <4weo2B1w165w@inqmind.bison.mb.ca>, baden@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Baden de Bari) writes:
|>  
|>      Just out of curiosity, what could you do with 7 (seven) completely 
|> computer-controlled stepper motors?
|>       Ideas include:  several degree of freedom robotic arm(s)
|>                       computer-controlled lathe
|>                       ... ??? ... others???
|>           I'd like some practical ideas/uses such as the lathe one.
|>       Please keep these serious.
|>  

How about a multi-pen, flatbed plotter, able to draw 3 lines at
the same time.  The extra stepper could be used to deliver pens
to the plotting arms.

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