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Monster Garage's Robotic R/C Car Challenge

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the racing-from-the-sidelines dept.

KMan writes "According to Roboteq Discover Channel's Monster Garage will be airing an epsisode where the challenge will be to build an R/C controlled car (full sized/real deal). 'Details' on how to build your own R/C car can be found at Roboteq along with airing time info for the Monster Garage episode."

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  1. It's been done before by Phosphor3k · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://slashdot.org/articles/03/03/30/0510225.shtm l?tid=133&tid=159

    Though the linked video file is no longer there.

    1. Re:It's been done before by Aneurysm · · Score: 3, Informative

      It was one of the challenges on Scrapheap Challenge (Junkyard Wars) last year. Very cool, and they worked pretty well. Wonder how responsive they are to control?

    2. Re:It's been done before by alanw · · Score: 3, Informative

      In the final of Scrapheap Challenge series 6 - "Cat-alysts" vs. "Megalomaniacs" http://jyw.tacorp.net/specials/jousting/joust.html
      http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/junkyard/episode /season_07_07.html
      http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/scrap heap2001/text/12/

  2. Monster Garage - More Info by pipingguy · · Score: 3, Informative


    Shark-jumping

    How 'Monster Garage' Works

    Twisted metal mind

    Almost-related ramblings of a software developer

  3. Doc Brown by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 2, Informative

    Reminds me of when Doc Brown put Einstein into the front seat of the DeLorean and drove it around with a radio controller.

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