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RE: robotica on TLC
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 15:09:31 GMT
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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 thought was interesting is that at least one of
the Robotica participants was a computer programmer.
Steven B. Combs, MS, CIT
Associate Professor - Instructional Technologist
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
3501 First Avenue
Evansville, IN 47710
812.429.1476
mailto:scombs@ivy.tec.in.us
http://faculty.ivy.tec.in.us/~scombs
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf Of
Bob Sardelli
Sent: Thursday, 05 April 2001 9:11 AM
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: robotica on TLC
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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| (...) [snip] Indeed! They are not by ANY definition robots. When I saw the spots a long time ago on TLC hinting at a new robotics competition, I visited the site and signed up. I actually spent a fair amount of time jumping through strange hoops, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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