RoboGames (formerly ROBOlympics)
My eye fell upon this as I was getting my daily course of Slashdot. A robotics competetion called RoboGames (formerly ROBOlympics).
I have a feeling that these contests don’t achieve much, except get kids hooked onto robotics, which is a good thing. Doesn’t do much for robotics research as these are mostly simple robots, but heck…these are kids in school, people who have robots as a hobby.
Add this to the slew of robotics competetions for kids here: FIRST robotics competetions and their likes, and the several competetions for kids held at universities like mine! There seems to be a massive effort to get kids interested in man’s future! Good, things are working according to the plan!!
About robotgeek
Rocker, philosopher, Mac lover, geek, robotics freak and an optimist. These describe me adequately, i guess!
When I find time away from my lab, I love to code my robots using java to be compatible with robocode . I also make it a point to visit Slashdot or read on Wikipedia . Of course, all this has to be done while listening to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Metallica or Pearl Jam, mostly on Shoutcast online radio .
I also like to read. Though I don't find much time now, I generally stick to what I like, which is Ayn Rand. Let's just hope the world heads in the right direction
2004 has been the year of the blog, and I could not be left out!
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Here’s some photos from the RoboGames today.
http://thomashawk.com/2005/03/robots-did-somebody-say-robots.html
http://thomashawk.com/2005/02/i-am-robot-hear-me-roar.html
Best,
Tom
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