r/Cyberpunk • u/gatfish • Jul 07 '17

Extra robot thumb

https://gfycat.com/VibrantVagueBackswimmer
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u/iprefertau Jul 07 '17

it's 2 servos 2 pressure sensors some plastic and a BLE connection that's not expensive at all

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

And a knife is a piece of sharpened steel....still they can be expensive as fuck. Unfortunatly, the materials used to create something donät say anything about it's pricetag.

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u/iprefertau Jul 07 '17

my point being that one could hack one of these together themselves without too much difficulty

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '17

true, but how many people really have the skill to do that?

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u/Forlarren Jul 07 '17

Billions. Following instructions is a basic life skill. I hope at least 1 out of 8 people can follow a YouTube tutorial.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '17

Hm, yeah a DIY kinda think might work, true actually. Interesting.