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Re: robotica on TLC
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:27:30 GMT
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I came here to post about Robotica, but I should've known it was done
already! But I'll still discuss it:)
Dean,
I agree completely. This is for entertainment, and not just entertainment
for robotic designers, but for the public.
I actually like this type better because I enjoy engineering rather than
programming.
There are many autonomous robotic competitions going on, but you're not
likely to see them on television, they don't appeal to the masses.
Something else you may be interested in: Many of the teams pre-build
their bots with Lego Technic! I've found them other places but look at these:
http://www.juggerbot.com/images/u3386.jpg
http://www.juggerbot.com/images/u3696.jpg (right side)
-Nathan
In lugnet.robotics, Dean Hystad writes:
> I think it would be a much more painful experience to watch autonimous
> robots out there bashing away at each other. Both from an entertainment and
> philosophical level.
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> From an entertainment standpoint, I imagine it would be painfully dull.
> Given the prize money I can't imagine the quality of the robots would be
> very good. I envision bouts where competators never engage each other, but
> rather blunder into obstacles as they blindly wander around.
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> From a philsophical standpoint, is this what you want robots to be doing?
> It's way to Terminator for my tastes. I know that cleaning up hazardous
> waste, freeing humans from performing monotonous repetative tasks, or doing
> interplanetary exploration are not great entertainment, but they are better
> science.
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> But if you really wan't to change this "Battle Bots", "Robotica" trend, quit
> your whining and enter the fray. An entry with a little on board
> intelligence could probably clean house. Navagation seems to be a problem
> with. Something that makes it easier to move the robot around in more
> controlled manner would be a great benefit. Target recognition and
> automatic deployment of the offensive weapon(s) could also be a big
> advantage. And once you started cleaning up, the competition would have to
> follow your lead.
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| Wow, imagine my surprise when our web tracking software indicated we were getting hits from a newsgroup I'd never heard of! I'm glad it did, because I've found a great deal of useful information here. As for the pictures, Nathan, you are correct. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I think it would be a much more painful experience to watch autonimous robots out there bashing away at each other. Both from an entertainment and philosophical level. From an entertainment standpoint, I imagine it would be painfully dull. Given the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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