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- From: damouth@wrc.xerox.com (David E. Damouth)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.table-tennis
- Subject: Re: robot recommendations
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.165249.3910@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 16:52:49 GMT
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- Organization: Xerox Webster Research Center
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- The cheap (Newgy? about $300?) robot at our club has not stood up well
- to a couple of years of occasional use. Thin plastic parts have
- cracked, a wire has broken in a cable, and it is now quite difficult to
- set up and use. You have to prime it with an incredible number of
- balls before it will work at all (about 40?). When considering
- purchase, be sure to include the price of a gross of (cheap) balls.
-
- The Sitco robots appear to be much more ruggedly constructed, but also
- cost a lot more ($700 t0 $1000 depending on features?)
-
- I also would welcome comments from people who have used these machines, as
- the value and effectiveness of the various features.
-
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- /Dave
- David E. Damouth
- Xerox Webster Research Center
- damouth@wrc.xerox.com
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- fax: 716-265-7133
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