Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 21:25:11 01/21/06
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On January 21, 2006 at 22:34:38, Steve B wrote: >> BTW, I heard Novag is planning to resurrect the Table Top with a Robotic >>Arm. What happened to it? Do you know? > >well perhaps you might be referring to Excalibur which has plans to release a >Robot which also talked >they were in partnership with a company from Hong Kong > >here is a photo of it: >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=d495&.dnm=779b.jpg&.src=ph > >Ron Nelson the Pioneer of Commercial chess computing was responsible for the >chess program and the voice feature >his end of the production was up and ready to go >however the Hong Kong based company responsible for the Robotic Arm movement >could not make a reliable Arm one without a large defect rate >so the production was halted and the project discontinued > >Prototype Regards >Steve More likely it's too expensive for them to get the arm correct, and maybe just poor engineering. Still, a prototype you might want to get your hands on if you could. Fiasco Regards, Terry
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