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Re: robotica on TLC
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Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:10:04 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.&avoidspam&net>
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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'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.
> > 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.
They certainly do seed the junkyard for *some* of the activities - in the
rocketry competition they were quite open about having placed some rocket
engines around the junkyard.
The car engine thing may have another explanation though...it's a British
series - and cars in England have a tendancy to rust out to the point of
uselessness *LONG* before their engines are worn out. Also, most of them
appear to be wrecks from some kind of accident - and again, you'd expect
the engine to still run.
> 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 - you can usually catch the utterly lame design in the first five minutes...
but it's an impressive trick for a 4 year old.
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| (...) What makes you say this? Why should cars in England corrode any differently from cars in other countries? TT. (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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