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-Yep folks, that's over £2 for a cable. The alternative is for us to make our own! Paddy has managed to get a list of all the parts and the cost should be around £294.76 + a lot of soldering, crimping and patience. It's important to note that even if we make the cable all correctly there is '''no guarantee the robot will work''' but the donor assured us it was working fine before the cable was misplaced. There are at least 3 of us who  really want to get the robot working and are willing to put the effort in as it's an amazing piece of kit with +-0.02mm tolerance for the end effector! i.e. it can be used for a lot of uses including:
+Yep folks, that's over £2k for a cable. The alternative is for us to make our own! Paddy has managed to get a list of all the parts and the cost should be around £294.76 + a lot of soldering, crimping and patience. It's important to note that even if we make the cable all correctly there is '''no guarantee the robot will work''' but the donor assured us it was working fine before the cable was misplaced. There are at least 3 of us who  really want to get the robot working and are willing to put the effort in as it's an amazing piece of kit with +-0.02mm tolerance for the end effector! i.e. it can be used for a lot of uses including:
 * 3D printing (maybe even similar to [http://www.petrnovikov.com/projects/mataerial/ mataerial])