Well, we at Vesta Technology have our manuals on the net at www.vestatech.com, but they're just controllers, not whole robots. I'm working on getting the new version of the manual formatted right now. If you take a look and have any suggestions about how i can improve these manuals, I'd love to heard them. (oh theres also trouble shooting info on our web site, but again, its just the controller part). -Mina Nichols Vesta Technology At 09:20 AM 3/6/01 -0800, you wrote: > Anyone know of any service manuals for industrial robots on the net? >I'm >supposed to give a short presentation on troubleshooting these... > >Thanks! > >Harold > > >On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:18:55 -0800 Dan Michaels >writes: >> Richard Ottosen wrote: >> >I just went to an expo put on by a local (Boulder, CO) company. >> They >> >showed their educational robot products and had competitions. Neat >> >stuff. No hard sell. >> > >> >> >> Hi Rich, I was there too and looking for you - [course, didna really >> know what you look like :)]. What a pack of screaming 10 YO's, huh. >> >> If you recall, piclist had a discussion about robotics >> entrepreneurism >> a couple of months ago, for which acroname poses as an interesting >> example. >> >> They have been creating their own stuff for several years, but have >> made a "l..o..t" of $$$$ in the past year mostly by selling 3rd >> party >> stuff - small stuff you mentioned, plus Lego and the incredibly >> expensive Rug Warrior [$600 minibot]. >> >> Makes one wonder whether robotics may be more lucrative than >> PIC-stuff for small entrepreneurial types. I wonder that the 10 YO's >> don't have more discretionary capital than the typical PICster. >> >> BTW, I noticed in the paper last week that Mchp is laying off 400 >> people, and cutting back production about 25% -[or something to >> this effect]. >> >> best regards, >> - dan michaels >> www.oricomtech.com >> ================== >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! >> email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body >> >> > >FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules >Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >-- >http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! >email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics