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From: gamin@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca (Martin Boyer)
Subject: Re: Robotics in Entertainment
In-Reply-To: amccor@dres.dnd.ca's message of 08 Feb 1994 12:08:34 EST
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 12:42:39 GMT

>>>>> Alan McCormac writes:

>In article <GAMIN.94Feb7122307@pellan.ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca> gamin@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca (Martin Boyer) writes:
>>There are several manufacturers.  I can recommend one:

>>Sarcos Entertainment (formerly Animate Systems Inc).
>>390 Wakara Way,
>>Salt Lake City
>>Utah 84108
>>(801) 581-1012

>Does this company have anything to do with the Sarcos Dextrous Arm I 
>heard about?

Yes; Sarcos Research makes the Sarcos DA (and the GRLA arm that we
have) and is related to Sarcos Entertainment.


>It is apparently a hydraulically powered manipulator capable of quite 
>considerable strength and positional accuracy.

And high acceleration, and superb control, and so on...


DISCLAIMER: We have no direct ties with Sarcos, but we do own one of
their master/slave systems.

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Martin Boyer                            mboyer@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca
Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec    mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp
Varennes, QC, Canada   J3X 1S1
+1 514 652-8412
