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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by arbuge on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:44PM (#50357916)
How does R2D2 climb stebs?
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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by runamuck on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:54PM (#50358750)
ED 209 Can't.
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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by Joel_Mckay on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:41PM (#50360575)
Well if your legs trunnions were coffee cup lids, than stairs would pose an issue too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFMJ514lz5w

The ED 209 is still cool, and only outclassed on screen by the T-800. =3

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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by fnord77 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:31PM (#50360866)
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Re:Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot by swiftcoder on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:22AM (#50364068)
Slowly. He canonically can climb stairs though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_2yY8in5M
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