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It's not the idea, its the specific technology. took measurements of parts of the robot and, in one instance, stole a piece of the robot

Taniwha 8y ago
But why would anyone need to do that, you build one of these by starting with a cheap 3d printer and removing the print head, it's not a hard thing to make
- rajacombinator 8y ago
  And the robot was probably made in China to begin with!
- shard972 8y ago
  Well go tell the Chinese they don't actually need to steal any trade secrets or any of this, they can just make it themselves. I'm sure they will reward you handsomely for basically saving their relationship with western countries and saving so much time and effort.
  - dang 8y ago
    Please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN, and especially please don't post in the flamewar style. Double especially not for nationalistic battle. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it looks like you've unfortunately posted a ton of unsubstantive and uncivil comments. If you keep doing that we will ban you, so could you please re-read the guidelines and fix that? You might also find these links helpful for getting an idea of the spirit of this site: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html
    - shard972 8y ago
      And the OP wasn't a troll? Or is the bar for intelligent discourse in HN at "Nobody honestly knows why china engadges in IP theft when they could just build it themselves." Ill edit my comment to be nicer i guess. Edit: Can't edit the post anymore, oh well people get it anyway, it got 7 up votes, IP theft actually benefits the person that acquires it and ill be willing to debate that anytime.
      - dang 8y ago
        I'm doubtful that the OP was trolling. It doesn't really matter, though. Each of us needs to abide by the site guidelines even if others aren't or don't seem to. That's the only way to prevent the bar from slipping further. Edit: while I have you, can you please not post unsubstantive comments like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19032367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19032367 either? That's more bar slippage and we're hoping to avoid it.
- fucking_tragedy 8y ago
  Why waste resources developing a solution when you can steal a solution that already exists?
- j16sdiz 8y ago
  This is related to a 2014 civil case. You can find more detail on https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/huawei_spied_us_jury_finds/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/huawei_spied_us_jur... This is a crimial follow-up to that case.
- syntaxing 8y ago
  I think the quality team will laugh at me for the rest of my life if I ever suggested using an open loop and nonsynced axis system to do testing...

Taniwha 8y ago

But why would anyone need to do that, you build one of these by starting with a cheap 3d printer and removing the print head, it's not a hard thing to make

rajacombinator 8y ago
And the robot was probably made in China to begin with!
shard972 8y ago
Well go tell the Chinese they don't actually need to steal any trade secrets or any of this, they can just make it themselves. I'm sure they will reward you handsomely for basically saving their relationship with western countries and saving so much time and effort.
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN, and especially please don't post in the flamewar style. Double especially not for nationalistic battle. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it looks like you've unfortunately posted a ton of unsubstantive and uncivil comments. If you keep doing that we will ban you, so could you please re-read the guidelines and fix that? You might also find these links helpful for getting an idea of the spirit of this site: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html
  - shard972 8y ago
    And the OP wasn't a troll? Or is the bar for intelligent discourse in HN at "Nobody honestly knows why china engadges in IP theft when they could just build it themselves." Ill edit my comment to be nicer i guess. Edit: Can't edit the post anymore, oh well people get it anyway, it got 7 up votes, IP theft actually benefits the person that acquires it and ill be willing to debate that anytime.
    - dang 8y ago
      I'm doubtful that the OP was trolling. It doesn't really matter, though. Each of us needs to abide by the site guidelines even if others aren't or don't seem to. That's the only way to prevent the bar from slipping further. Edit: while I have you, can you please not post unsubstantive comments like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19032367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19032367 either? That's more bar slippage and we're hoping to avoid it.
fucking_tragedy 8y ago
Why waste resources developing a solution when you can steal a solution that already exists?
j16sdiz 8y ago
This is related to a 2014 civil case. You can find more detail on https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/huawei_spied_us_jury_finds/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/huawei_spied_us_jur... This is a crimial follow-up to that case.
syntaxing 8y ago
I think the quality team will laugh at me for the rest of my life if I ever suggested using an open loop and nonsynced axis system to do testing...