"MikeWhy" wrote:

I take it JBot is a CNC router/drill? Yup. The time will come for
that, when folks start wondering why electronics innovation should
stop outside the shop doors.

It's already here.

If you have been following "This Old House", they showed a
computerized "Router System" being used in a cabinet shop somewhere
around Boston.

Material is placed on infeed roller table and then clamped and fed
into the cutting tool using X-Y positioning..

Router cutting has replaced saw blades for cutting blanks to size.

A rotary pallet, containing probably at least 100 router bits, would
rotate to present the correct bit for loading into the spindle chuck.

For those of you familiar with metal working machinery, it uses the
same concepts as a Weideman press used to blank out sheet metal parts.

Obviously, this is strictly for commercial applications; however, look
for off shoots of the concepts to appear at your local toy store
before too long.

Lew