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From: jorge@well.sf.ca.us (Jorge Codina)
Subject: Re: Lego or Fisher Techic for mobot? Fisher-Technic Distributors?
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 03:05:36 GMT
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Giovanni,

If you think LEGO is high just wait until you see the Fisher prices!

What I recommend you do is order your LEGOstuff from 
spedhead@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pankaj Oberoi). He is suppling robot parts 
including legos to uild 6270 type machines. Good prices. Contact
him for further details.


--jorge

standard disclaimer: I have no interest in PK's business, etc,etcc.







G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz (Giovanni Moretti) writes:

>Hi

>I'm looking to buy some basic hardware for making small mobile robots.  I'm

>thinking of something like the Rugbots described in the book "Mobile Robot"

>(which I highly recommend), ie something with Bump, infra-red and maybe 
>ultrasonic sensors.

>For the mechanical side, the alternatives seem to be LEGO (and LEGO-DACTA)
>for which I have (very depressing) pricing and Fisher-technic (name is from
>memory - may be wrong :-) about which I know very little.

>The price of LEGO-DACTA in NZ is horribly high - e.g. NZ$24 for a bump
>switch 
>(~ US12) and NZ$46 for the 4.5V motor so the thought of buying several
>motors and so on seems like a great way to get rid of buckets of money
>really fast :-)

>From my readings on the this newsgroup, I remember something about
>Fisher-technic being more suited to little robots but I have absolutely no
>information on it.  

>I've read the FAQ and found the US distributors.  Anyone know of any
>distributors in New Zealand, Australia?

>Given a choice, what you you use LEGO-Dacta or Fisher-Technic? Why?

>Thanks
>Giovanni


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>Giovanni Moretti       "WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, OR DREAM YOU CAN, BEGIN IT.
>Computer Science Dept   BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER AND MAGIC IN IT" Goethe
>Massey University               G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz
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