10/2/00 18:45

Mike:

Just FYI. I saw the following comment on "jeff's robots" website. You
comment:

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The "dummy" arm could be replaced with a motorized upgrade. (Not true.
Omnibot 2000 was only ever built to have one motorized arm, and doesn't have
any circuitry a second arm could be connected to.  The second arm would also
require different plastic moldings to the first arm, which would be too
expensive to make for just an "optional accessory".  No optional motorized
arm was ever advertised or made for Omnibot 2000).
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Mostly correct but  I thought I should let you know that I have, very simply
in fact, used an existing Omnibot 2000 powered right arm and socket that I
had laying around and upgraded my Omnibot 2000's left arm with it. The parts
simply swap right out. All you do is rotate the socket (180?, I can't
remember the exact increment or direction) and then, also rotate the lower
arm assembly 180 degrees. The polarity of the motors will also need to be
reversed. That's it. Now, you are correct about the circuitry. You only have
one circuit and it will only handle one arm at a time. Works pretty
cool........ I will upgrade the bot to include an additional circuit
activated by depressing one of the existing O2K Master Control (remote) keys
but have'nt had the time as of yet.

Nice website Jeff.......

Steve