Robotics : 14935


Robotics / 14935

Re: robotica on TLC —Steve Baker

(...) 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* (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —Dean Hystad

(...) 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)

Re: robotica on TLC —Andy Gombos

(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —Steve Baker

(...) I've been trying to start up a local Lego robotics group to do something like that - but so far, response from parents in the area has been disappointing. (...) They certainly do seed the junkyard for *some* of the activities - in the rocketry (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —Tom Trentham

(...) What makes you say this? Why should cars in England corrode any differently from cars in other countries? TT. (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —Steve Baker

(...) Well - wet climate, everywhere is relatively close to the ocean and they salt the roads in icy weather. Wet, salty conditions maximise corrosion rates. A new car can comfortably be rusted out in 5 years Contrast with Texas where the warm. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —George Haberberger

(...) I'm also a big fan of Junkyard Wars, they give my Rock Raiders figs someone to emulate. I think most of the seeding is done for safety reasons; I wouldn't want to be anywhere near someone trying to make their own rocket fuels/motors. Also, in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —Steven Combs

(...) My 6 year-old daughter and I enjoy a nice big bowl of popcorn each Monday night while we watch Junkyard Wars. I have heard that Junkyard Wars will be moving to California. Has anyone else heard that rumor. Also, I notice that they are looking (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: Junkyard Wars (Was Re: robotica on TLC) —Steve Baker

(...) They already showed a handful of episodes with all-American teams - although it wasn't entirely clear where they'd done the filming. It *looked* like they might have flown everyone to UK to save the cost of rebuilding the set. (...) Dunno - (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

RE: robotica on TLC —Steven Combs

My 6 year-old daughter and I belly up to a big ole bowl of popcorn and watch each and every Monday while Mom is away. I remember hearing somewhere that Junkyard Wars is moving to LA. Has anyone else heard this? Steven B. Combs, MS, CIT Associate (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Mike Case

(...) I think the plan is to continue filming the UK episodes in the UK (under the original title 'Scrapheap Challenge') and film the US episodes in the US, probably near LA. We would then get to see both shows as JW on TLC. I don't know if the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

RE: Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Steven Combs

Hey!!! Great Idea, maybe next year we will sponsor this contest at our college. Hmmm....I will have to think about this. Steven B. Combs, MS, CIT Associate Professor - Instructional Technologist Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana 3501 First (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Juergen Stuber

(...) The closest I know is RoboGladiator: (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Steve Baker

(...) robots. (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Will Gorman

(...) Hello, My friends and I are doing a thing called BattleBricks. We've had autonomous and rc battles. Our competition list consists of both AI & Manual robotics. While RoboGladiators was a one time thing put on by Lego, we are a group of guys in (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Juergen Stuber

(...) As are the 'robots' in Junkyard Wars (if that's the TV show I saw in Britain last year). Jürgen (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: Junkyard Wars (was: Re: robotica on TLC) —Bruce Boyes

(...) We are planning some contests like this, using JStamp as the controller (that will be a requirement), at next year's JavaOne conference. We're also planning an RCX-compatible supercontroller based on JStamp (imagine what an 80 MHz 32-bit CPU (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: robotica on TLC —Chris Osborn

(...) If you go to the website of the show, they say that *everything* in the junkyard is seeded. Everything that's there was put there by the show's producers. Not that it really makes the show less enjoyable. Although for some strange reason a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)