[SML] These could be useful for scenery

[Richard Niederberg]

Could synchronized remote control Rumbas work with the vacuum motors ‘off’?

/s/ Richard
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 10:05 AM Matthew Breton via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> It's like a Roomba met Hans und Franz!
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> Matthew Breton  |   he, him, his
> Design for Theater and Dance
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> *From:* Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net> on behalf of Bill
> Conner via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 22, 2026 11:27 AM
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> *Cc:* Bill Conner <billconnerastc at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [SML] These could be useful for scenery
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> The basic problem would, like air casters, be the floor.  I'm guessing
> these automated pallet paddles have relatively small steel wheels and would
> not play well with most stage floors.  Maybe some of the engineered wood
> materials would work.  There used to be a product called lami-floor, thatI
> had used on a couple of stages.  It was developed for factory floor
> recovering and its ability to hold up to steel casters was a main feature.
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 9:26 AM Mick Alderson via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> Johnny Amos wrote
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> > This reminds me of when Tolomatic advertised in Theatre Crafts Magazine.
> I hadn?t thought of them in years.
> > …...
> >>
> > I wonder how many other industrial products could be used in the theatre.
>
> Well, considering practically everything we use onstage was stollen … I
> mean borrowed and modified … from some other industry so I’m sure we aren’t
> done. ;-)
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