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Re: BattleBots
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Date: 
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:00:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
"Kicking some Bot"
By David Colker
Los Angeles Times
Feb. 25, 2001

http://www.denverpost.com:80/enduser/bots0225.htm

-Suz

Cool article. I was shocked when I learned about a few months ago that LOTS
of combat robot builders are AFOLs in some way or another... and a lot fo
them have posted to LUGNET too.. Off the top of my head, I can think of
Jason Bardis, Christian Carlberg, Peter Abrahamson, Carlo Bertocchini, Trey
Roski, Dan Danknick, and I know there has to be more.



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  Re: BattleBots
 
(...) I've been considering building a Battlebot for some time... back when I first heard about Robot Wars and saw a robot fight on some PBS station (like 5 or 6 years ago.) I still plan to do it, I just need to find some place to build one. I live (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: BattleBots
 
Guilty as charged! I recently prototyped my latest 210lb fighting robot, Towering Inferno, in LEGO. It's got a pretty radical design, so I decided to build it in LEGO first to even see if it would work. LEGO Towering Inferno pics: (URL) Towering (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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"Kicking some Bot" By David Colker Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2001 (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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