It's a ZXY 3 axis unit, with a 4th axis rotary. Here it is cutting out acrylic robotic chassis components -

[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-IjF28nO2s]My Helix Video[/link]




I'm kinda excited about it because your right - cutting with a plotter is futile, and cutting monokote by hand is drudgery and it's absolutely impossible to get this detail with either method.