Comments on: Call Me Throw Bot http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/09/30/call-me-throw-bot/ Online Defense and Acquisition Journal Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zachhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/09/30/call-me-throw-bot/#comment-14846 Zach Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:26:55 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=10177#comment-14846 This piece of technology is awesome, wonder why I haven't seen it in the armies old and new FCS program...As Jeffrey said... 9-13k is alot for this small thing (obviously the company is after money).But as for "I guess the expense comes in engineering it to survive the 3 story drops."My phone can survive this, be ran over by a truck, and is waterproof. Not to mention it has a camera on it aswell (along with many other features) Yet it cost $300. I'm sure I can put wheels on it and remote control it aswell for $50. The throw bot is about 9-13k overpriced. :) This piece of technology is awesome, wonder why I haven’t seen it in the armies old and new FCS program…

As Jeffrey said… 9-13k is alot for this small thing (obviously the company is after money).

But as for “I guess the expense comes in engineering it to survive the 3 story drops.”

My phone can survive this, be ran over by a truck, and is waterproof. Not to mention it has a camera on it aswell (along with many other features) Yet it cost $300. I’m sure I can put wheels on it and remote control it aswell for $50. The throw bot is about 9-13k overpriced. :)

]]> By: Jeffrey Nelsonhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/09/30/call-me-throw-bot/#comment-14834 Jeffrey Nelson Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:07:07 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=10177#comment-14834 This is cool, but wow, 9-13K seems like a ton of money for this.For that price I would at least expect to be able to control more than one robot at a time in the same area. Hmm, this limitation makes it seem like it would be easy to jam too.. doesn't it?With the two antennas I venture to say the unit uses a cheap 2.4ghz wireless cmos camera along with inexpensive pic/avr microcontroller and embedded wireless solution to control the motors.I guess the expense comes in engineering it to surive the 3 story drops.As a software engineer and microcontroller/robotic hobbyist I'm thinking I could build something similar for less. and that includes the cost of small out-of-house part fabrication. This is cool, but wow, 9-13K seems like a ton of money for this.

For that price I would at least expect to be able to control more than one robot at a time in the same area. Hmm, this limitation makes it seem like it would be easy to jam too.. doesn’t it?

With the two antennas I venture to say the unit uses a cheap 2.4ghz wireless cmos camera along with inexpensive pic/avr microcontroller and embedded wireless solution to control the motors.

I guess the expense comes in engineering it to surive the 3 story drops.

As a software engineer and microcontroller/robotic hobbyist I’m thinking I could build something similar for less. and that includes the cost of small out-of-house part fabrication.

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