Back in my MechE days, I'd buy everything from McMaster-Carr. Probably overkill for little desktop robots but if you want to build things that are the size/power of an industrial arm it should have what you need.
The advantage of laser weapons isn't that they're the best response to expensive, high-end threats (say, a big supersonic missile) - the advantage is that they're cheap and suitable for low-end threats, since you pay…
Back in my MechE days, I'd buy everything from McMaster-Carr. Probably overkill for little desktop robots but if you want to build things that are the size/power of an industrial arm it should have what you need.
The advantage of laser weapons isn't that they're the best response to expensive, high-end threats (say, a big supersonic missile) - the advantage is that they're cheap and suitable for low-end threats, since you pay…