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Re: robotica on TLC
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:10:40 GMT
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I share your frustration and agree, they are by no means robots. Are remote
controlled planes, boats and cars robots? I have watched BattleBots a few
times but got bored with it for similar reasons. The unfortunate thing is
that your typical couch potato may not discern the difference. TV is often
a terrible educator.
IMHO,
Bob
In lugnet.robotics, David Buhl writes:
> After seeing all the commercials for the past couple of weeks, I was looking
> forward to this show on TLC called "Robotica".
> What a disappointment.
> Where were the robots?
> They kept talking about robots the whole time.
> Maybe I'm missing something here, all I saw were purely constructed (for the
> tasks) remote controlled vehicles (are these robots?) operated by people who
> don't know how to operate a remote control.
> --
>
> David
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| I share you pain. These are not, by true definition, robots. When they require a robot to be autonomous then I will take notice. I know our robotics competition here at the college specifically states that the robots must be autonomous. What I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| After seeing all the commercials for the past couple of weeks, I was looking forward to this show on TLC called "Robotica". What a disappointment. Where were the robots? They kept talking about robots the whole time. Maybe I'm missing something (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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