A CNCer’s View of Robotics

Over the holiday break, I happened to read a Scientific American [Jan., 2007, 58-65] article by Bill Gates in which he describes his views on emerging trends in consumer robotics. In the article, Gates makes the point that the field of consumer robotics is coming of age—particularly in having created around-the-house-helpers like Roomba—and that …

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2007 ShopBot Jamboree

Over the years we have really enjoyed the excitement of the ShopBot Jamboree and the opportunity to meet and interact with so many ShopBotters. It’s been a fun and inspiring event for us and I know from what the ShopBotters who attend tell me that they get a lot out of it.One request that …

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Circle Smoothness ‘beta’

I’ll talk a bit more about development at ShopBot and expand the ‘resolution’ theme from last month, more broadly taking up the issue of smoothness in cutting with ShopBots, and specifically reporting on some progress we are making. For a number of months now, we have focused software development on creating strategies for smoother tool …

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My First Post

Ever since we upgraded our website this Spring, I’ve wanted a space to write about the things that are going on at ShopBot. It’s a bit of a busy place, but also exciting. And, we are certainly hard at work developing new CNC stuff. I’ll try to make a contribution every month or so and …

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