Funny you should use the De Lorean for your argument! They, too, were greatly hindered by financial woes, causing them to stuff a feeble Renault-built V6 under the hood, and prompting John to enter the world of cocaine dealers to try to secure funding to keep production rolling. Titan went a different path with their financial woes, which as now led us to a wonderful deal with Medtronic. However...
The DMC product did manage to inject some fairly revolutionary design elements into the car world. 1970's plastic welding and bonding technologies were also awaiting better tech, and rust could shorten the average automotive lifespan to 5 to 7 years in a Northern climate. Stainless body was revolutionary. Gull wing doors were really just about style and had been done in small numbers by Mercedes years earlier, so no DMC credit there.
Had JD the financial resources to build the full design he wanted, they might still be competitive today, maybe even beating Tesla to electric car supremacy years earlier. But we'll never know.
What we do know is Titan has funding AND a groundbreaking design. As you've seen here too many times, there are three basic design methodologies to introduce single port access to abdominal surgery, and all three are locked up tightly in the IP of two companies. Medtronic, JmJ, CMR, this company in Japan, all releasing multi port robots because they CAN'T do single port for YEARS, until certain key patents expire. And we can see what a nightmare it is to try to get a viable multi-port system to market, with the biggest wannabe players announcing delays of YEARS. IT isn't easy. But Titan has already done the hard work.
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Medtronic, JnJ, CMR, this company in Japan, all releasing Multi port robots so clearly multi port isn’t the Model T.
If you want to compare robots to car models that were launched and failed we could do that for months.....
Not all “advanced” designs change the market.
Remember the DeLorean?
Very advanced design and concept...
Failed
