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Cheap DIY hardware beating billion-dollar robotics and aerospace

All-caps posts on $15–$1,500 builds that "humiliate" expensive industry: 3D-printed bionic hands, delta robots, levitation rigs, induction coils, satellite reaction wheels. Robotics and hardware clips with cost comparisons.

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The US Navy spent $500,000,000 trying to build an electromagnetic railgun before completely scrapping the program due to barrel erosion. Meanwhile, a $12 magnet19 oct 26 · x post522kviews311likessee it →

A $150 DIY LASER GRID JUST HUMILIATED A $30,000,000 VENTURE-BACKED TED TALK NO COMPUTER VISION NO GALVO MIRRORS PURE OPTICAL TRAP In 2010 a former Microsoft CTO3 oct 26 · x post54kviews223likessee it →

A DETERMINISTIC DELTA ROBOT JUST HUMILIATED A $1,000,000,000 HUMANOID BUBBLE NO NEURAL HALLUCINATIONS NO PROBABILISTIC DRIFT PURE INVERSE KINEMATICS Silicon Val4 oct 26 · x post16kviews222likessee it →

A $180 QUASI-DIRECT DRIVE JOINT JUST HUMILIATED A $12,000 INDUSTRIAL GEARBOX ZERO BACKLASH EXPLOSIVE REVERSAL SUB-MILLISECOND FOC Legacy automation spent decade2 oct 26 · x post9.5kviews153likessee it →

A robotics lab will burn $50,000,000 in seed money trying to teach a neural net how to grip a plastic cup, while this guy built a sub-second delta sorter using 13 oct 26 · x post4.1kviews35likessee it →

A $250 GARAGE PNEUMATIC EXOSKELETON JUST EMBARRASSED A $300M ROBOTICS LAB RAW COMPRESSED AIR ZERO TORQUE DRIFT INFINITE MECHANICAL COMPLIANCE Silicon Valley spe5 oct 26 · x post1.6kviews38likessee it →

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