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Re: robotica on TLC
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:29:43 GMT
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Andy Gombos <gombos_2000@&ihatespam&yahoo.com>
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Dean Hystad wrote:
> > Even without that, it helps. My 10 year old son used to tell the kids at
> > school that he built Lego robots that could really drive around and do things
> > and the other kids would roll their eyes and mouth "Geek...Nerd..." etc. Now
> > they are *VERY* interested - I think these various cheesy programs have made
> > that change. Not that they learned any science from the show - but maybe
> > they now have a little more respect and interest in that kind of thing.
>
> Look into getting your son and yourself involved in the First Lego League.
> I judged some competitions last fall and it was a blast. Very worthwhile.
>
> > I'm also a HUGE fan of that other British series "Scrapheap" (known as
> > "Junkyard Wars" here in the USA - because...em...well)...a bunch of guys
> > are dumped in the middle of a massive junkyard with the task of building
> > some maniac machine in 8 hours from only the scrap laying around them.
> > Two teams do this - and at the end the contraptions they build compete
> > in some way.
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> I too am a big fan. Though I would prefer it if they weren't quite so
> obvious about seeding the junkyard with "really good junk". I've never seen
> so many oil drums in such pristine condition. And the proportion of working
> automobile engines vs derelicts is a tad high to be believed.
I love this show also, they build 'robots' that have human computers, but they
could be a robot easily, most of the time with a good enough software package. In
the US version, there were brand new engines that had been installed on crashed
motorcycles and such. The body was totaled, but the engine did not even have a
scratch.
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> > That series really *does* push the science - quite a bit of the
> > show is taken up with discussing the engineering merits of the
> > teams approaches and there are little science inserts explaining
> > why one method is better than another...cool stuff - by *FAR* my
> > (and my son's) favorite TV show.
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> My 4 year old daughter has the uncanny ability to pick the winning team as
> soon as the two designs are presented. I know it's just luck, but it gets
> spooky after a while.
Yes, I can guess with a high probability how many fingers a person is holding up,
and it scares people if I do it 4 out of 5 times.
Andy
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| (...) Look into getting your son and yourself involved in the First Lego League. I judged some competitions last fall and it was a blast. Very worthwhile. (...) I too am a big fan. Though I would prefer it if they weren't quite so obvious about (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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