[Dprglist] Fwd: [parts] Cheap robotics platform

David P. Anderson davida at smu.edu
Wed Dec 15 15:55:07 PST 2021


Excellent!

David


On 12/15/21 5:00 PM, Karim Virani via DPRGlist wrote:
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> Well, some of y'all are proud owners of used Pioneer 3-AT robots of 
> unknown functionality and completeness. I paid a fair bit more than 
> planned, but I'll honor the $200 each from David, Ezra and Chris. 
> Though that's a pickup-in-Dallas price. There really isn't an option 
> to separately ship from Nevada. So if you're far from Dallas you'll 
> have to arrange further shipping of the individual robot. If you don't 
> want that, then I'll look for other buyers at a higher price.
>
> Lemme know,
>
> Karim
> ps. will update when I find out the arrival time.
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 1:00 PM Karim Virani <pondersome64 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pondersome64 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Well the prebids are already over $900
>
>     On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 11:56 AM Christian M Netter
>     <netterchris at gmail.com <mailto:netterchris at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Count me in at $200
>
>         Chris
>
>         On Dec 15, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Karim Virani via DPRGlist
>         <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
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>         
>         I believe Ezra's message was meant for the group. See below.
>
>         I would have been happy to lead a group buy, but we spoke
>         about it last night and there wasn't a consensus that we
>         should proceed. We never really got to the question of
>         what the limit would be. We did confirm that it would be at
>         least $700. Then someone found a listing on ebay of someone in
>         South Korea trying to sell a similar model for $2,800. People
>         might be speculating that indicates its worth? If so they will
>         be disappointed. That one's been for sale for over a year.
>
>         https://www.ebay.com/itm/284085010523?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28
>         <https://www.ebay.com/itm/284085010523?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28>
>
>         Anyhow, I don't want to get into parting them out or reselling
>         them to recover the value.  To me they are worth a couple
>         hundred bucks a piece including shipping, but I don't need 6
>         of them. If 5 others agreed on $200 that would put the max bid
>         at around $900. That would have to happen very fast.
>
>         Karim
>
>         On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 9:20 AM Ezra Christensen
>         <ezracc at gmail.com <mailto:ezracc at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             Better act quickly if we're going to do it. It closes this
>             afternoon.
>             Factoring in split shipping costs of ~$60, how much are
>             they worth to people?
>
>             On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:48 PM Karim Virani via DPRGlist
>             <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>>
>             wrote:
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>                 Well that depends on what it is worth to us.  Freight
>                 would be about $300 and I know for sure the prebids
>                 are above $300
>
>                 On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 3:50 PM David P. Anderson via
>                 DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org
>                 <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
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>                     Me too.
>
>                     dpa
>
>
>                     On 12/14/21 3:00 PM, Thalanayar Muthukumar via
>                     DPRGlist wrote
>>                     I can also buy one for a split price, if someone
>>                     wins and wants to sell one of them.
>>
>>                     Regards.
>>                     - Kumar
>>
>>                     On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:57 PM Ezra Christensen
>>                     via DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org
>>                     <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
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>>                         Yes, the lot is for all 6 of them.
>>                         It's an auction site though - the starting
>>                         bid is $25, increases in $5 increments, while
>>                         you can pre-bid it looks like the auction
>>                         will open and close in 3 minutes. Your
>>                         initial bid is likely your only bid. They do
>>                         have an ebay style system where the winner
>>                         pays the minimum amount needed to beat the
>>                         other bids. It doesn't go to their max unless
>>                         needed. I wouldn't be surprised if it hit
>>                         $300 very quickly before shipping. Still not
>>                         bad even if you parted them out and gutted
>>                         the boards.
>>
>>                         If someone does end up winning and doesn't
>>                         need all 6, I'll buy one for a split price
>>                         (assuming it's reasonable).
>>
>>                         On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:45 PM Karim Virani
>>                         via DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org
>>                         <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
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>>                             They were very expensive back then. Is
>>                             the lot all 6 at once?
>>
>>                             On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:34 PM David P.
>>                             Anderson via DPRGlist
>>                             <dprglist at lists.dprg.org
>>                             <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
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>>                                 Pat,
>>
>>                                 I remember these platforms.  Pretty
>>                                 cool in the day, mostly sold to
>>                                 university robotics programs, as I
>>                                 remember. Very cool.
>>
>>                                 David
>>
>>                                 On 12/14/21 10:31 AM, Pat Caron via
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>>>                                 I found this posted on the PARTS
>>>                                 list.  (Portland Robotics)
>>>                                 Might be of interest to some.  It
>>>                                 would be too expensive to ship to
>>>                                 Canada.
>>>
>>>                                 ...Pat C.
>>>
>>>                                 This popped up on my work's Slack. 6
>>>                                 for (currently) $25 seems a steal.
>>>                                 Though my coworkers don't seem to
>>>                                 have a high opinion of these
>>>                                 platforms, FWIW. Also, you'd have
>>>                                 shipping :p
>>>
>>>                                 Still, thought someone would enjoy
>>>                                 looking at it.
>>>
>>>                                 https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Utility-Vehicles-%286%29-ActiveMedia-Robotics-P3-AT-Skid-Steer-Robots-Nevada/5728202?h=5000%2Csm%7C0%2Cpstart%7C120%2Cmf%7C1
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