I've been PM'd by a member who doesn't want to go public unless we do think he is crazy!
But he has an industrial robot which could potentially be sitting in his living area with him looking longingly at it with a vision of it being a sophisticated telescope mount.
He tells me:- "One of the advantages that a multi-axis robot can offer is a constant position eyepiece. It can slew the telescope around the sky but keep the eyepiece at a precise point! For star parties with kids this would be an amazing benefit and would be a very interesting innovation. Fortunately this constant positioning is actually an essential component of the robot's daily requirement as an industrial workhorse, so the software is already tuned for this."
Thinking about it, constant eyepiece position would be very useful for observing a satellite, HST or ISS transit across the sky.
You might need a converter to change one phase to three phase power, will need a bit of machining to mount your scope, and will need plenty of programming.
But it may not an impossible dream for those wanting to try!
