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Revenge of the Battle Bots

Posted by emmett on from the fight-to-the-death dept.

Richard Finney writes "The Village Voice does a good article on 'Battle Bots.'" I've attended a Robot Wars event, and these things are a lot of fun, even if you haven't entered a weapon of mass destruction. Highly recommended.

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  1. A _REAL_ Competition. by mwarps · · Score: 4

    I've been waiting for the past few days now for something like this to come up. Too bad Rob or Jeff would probably never post it...
    Some of you may or may not have heard of the FIRST Competition. It is a robotics competition which involves High School students, along with their corporate partners, Universities, or what have you. This year's competition was just released on Saturday. FIRST's Competition homepage is here. This competition is far superior to almost any other. There will be ten regional events this year, and the National Competition will be in EPCOT Center in Disneyworld, FL. There is no other robotics competition with such spirit or fire behind it as this one. Please check out the Homepage and support the FIRST cause in any way possible. The competition has grown from 28 teams in 1992 to over 380 teams this year. There are teams from all over the USA, Canada, and even a team from Brazil.
    Some of you were wondering about mindstorms... They have a Mindstorms Competition called FIRST Lego League! Check it out here!
    General Information on FIRST can be found at www.usfirst.org

  2. More links... by Raphael · · Score: 5

    Since the article did not contain links to the web sites that have some pictures and movies, here are some of the well-known sites:

    Have fun!
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    -Raphaël