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From: ndmead%gr.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Nathan Mead)
Subject: Re: Robotics in Entertainment
Date: 11 Feb 94 10:37:21 MST
Message-ID: <1994Feb11.103723.23066@hellgate.utah.edu>
Organization: University of Utah
References: <1994Feb1.114257.29237@aisb.ed.ac.uk> <GAMIN.94Feb7122307@pellan.ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca> <amccor.165.2D57C711@dres.dnd.ca>
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In article <amccor.165.2D57C711@dres.dnd.ca>, amccor@dres.dnd.ca (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?  If not, does anyone know who does make the Dextrous Arm?
|> 

Yes.  Sarcos makes the Dextrous Arm (I'm not quite shure which branch. They multiply like rabbits).  It is a 10 DOF hydraulically powered manipulator 
( 7 from the shoulder to the wrist and a 3 DOF gripper ).  It is strong, 
very fast and was primarly designed for teleoperation.  The standard model 
is roughly human size although we have built larger arms :)  We also build 
a matching 10 DOF master wich allows for both position and force control.

|> It is apparently a hydraulically powered manipulator capable of quite 
|> considerable strength and positional accuracy.  (We are working on a 
|> hydraulically powered unmanned vehicle and would be interested in such
|> a useful appendage :)
|>

We will be more than happy to sell you one however be prepared for a very 
bad case of sticker shock.  These systems are not cheap.

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