Post 11 - Kickstarter now live!

Hi folks.

Fantastic news - our Kickstarter project is now live!!!

Click on the link to take a look, and feel free to share. And, of course, if you'd like, you can make a pledge to help support our developments :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1280292370/robot-arm-control-gui/description

Until next time,

That's all folks!

Steve


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