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Re:The Polar Bear – Open-Source, Multipurpose CNC Machine wi... by morpheos137 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @05:07PM (#28239380)
Comparing human arms to CNC "arms" makes about as much sense to me as comparing a sparrow to an F16.

Yeah both humans and multiaxis cnc machines can articulate their arm to apply a tool to a work piece and both a sparrow and an F16 can fly through the air.

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Re:The Polar Bear – Open-Source, Multipurpose CNC Machine wi... by ripe on Friday August 20, 2021 @08:01AM (#28245073)
I like your analogy, but just to clarify, which is the human being in your comparison: the sparrow or the F16?

A sparrow can take off and land on a branch, and it regularly weaves through thick foliage no wider than its wingspan. So, I assume the human is the sparrow?

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Re:The Polar Bear – Open-Source, Multipurpose CNC Machine wi... by morpheos137 on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:45PM (#28249064)
Yeah I was thinking of the human as the sparrow.
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