Mathematica and BattleBots

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 30, 2002 @08:10PM from the math-only-mostly-useless dept.

hesheboy writes "Wolfram.com has a story about building a battlebot with Mathematica: 'October 28, 2002--Looking for action with brains-over-brawn appeal? William McHargue, a freelance physicist and long-time Mathematica user, is one of many who find this combination in BattleBots, the new fighting-robot craze. "With BattleBots, one can be aggressive and yet nobody gets hurt," says McHargue. Recently, McHargue was featured in Mechanical Engineering magazine for work on Tesla's Tornado, his BattleBot.'"

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Re:Any Free Alternative? by Xandis · 2002-10-30 22:08 · Score: 0, Flamebait

ha ha!

That was funny. Do you also avoid reading articles from other scientists if you don't like their politics?

It is a shame that everyone is so shrill and carries their politics on their sleeve. I guess it is easier to be superficial than have depth these days since identifying with a group rather than being respected for who you are appears to be what matters.

By the way, crap usually isn't expensive (visit sourceforge for many examples)...good software though often is :)