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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 WavyGravy-R5 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Some guys have done it before with a camry and video taped the entire deal. You can get it off of my site at http://mrgravy.com/uploads/remote_camry.wmv (download it if it doesn't stream fast enough). I originally got it from StileProject (don't ever go there kids), and who know's where it came from before then. Defintely worth a watch.

  2. so whats robotic ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful


    is there anything robotic about a RC car/Boat/plane ?

    its like those TV shows battlebots/robotwars that are simply glorified radio control cars, can a radio controlled device really be called a robot ? or is it just another way to make RC seem "cool" if you add the word "robot"

    1. Re:so whats robotic ? by Beardydog · · Score: 5, Funny

      a combination of kiss switches

      If there's anything more dangerous than a well armed, autonomous robot, it's a well armed, autonomous robot that can only be deactivated with a kiss.

      Be prepared to duck and weave...

  3. Jessie's involvement in the show by Fubar411 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it just me, or is Jessie just not into doing Monster Garage anymore? He barely shows up during the build. He only seems interested in trying out the monster the day of, and seems highly critical. Even the handing out of the tools at the end is very half-hearted. I'd be surprised if he signed up for another season.

    1. Re:Jessie's involvement in the show by e40 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      My $0.02:

      1. He was always an ass, but you just liked it before.

      2. The producers are running out of ideas, and it's getting to Jessie. During the PT Crusier show he kept harping of the fact that the idea (from the producers) sucked.

      3. They're starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for show talent. On shows where there is good talent with good personalities, Jessie isn't an ass.

      All of these make Jessie more of an ass.

    2. Re:Jessie's involvement in the show by ldspartan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I agree with a lot of the other posters in this thread. I think the producers of the show have a great, yet horribly executed concept. Jesse James? Building random shit? Sounds good.

      Stupid announcer voices, graphical effects, and corporate sponsorship? Terrible.

      Its amazing that Discovery got it so right with American Chopper, and so so wrong with Monster Garage. The ingredients are the same, there's just a distinct lack of trumped-up bullshit in American Chopper.

      It seems like every third episode of Monster Garage Jesse is saying something that translates to "The Producers of this show are morons," and I think he's right. Remember the skate-board-ramp-RV episode? The producer gets into a whining match with one of the skater/builders that pretty clearly illustrates what a waste the producer is. And remember, he has artistic control... if he left that in, imagine what he's edited out. The crew from the two hearse shows (a dysfunctional group of people if I ever saw one) said similiar things about the producers, and most of them were hollywood types that should be used to that kind of nonsense.

      Monster Garage has a lot of great aspects to it, but the "artistic input" of the producer and who ever else has their hands in the pie sure destroys it.

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      lds

  4. Been done by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has been done on both MythBusters and Junkyard Wars. Nothing new.

    At least in the Junkyard version, the two teams fought the RC cars Battlebots style, and Mythbusters strapped a set of rocket engines to it!

    Don't get me wrong, Monster Garage is a good show, but sometimes it's a little overhyped.
    =Smidge=

  5. "KITT, buddy - I need you!" by Chalybeous · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm. Am I the only one who thinks this might be a backdoor pilot for a Knight Rider revival?

    "There's nothing worse than a smartass automobile." - KITT, Knight Rider 2000
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    "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue." -- Zork

  6. Video clip by Danta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A videoclip of a R/C'ed real car. WARNING! Sexually explicit banner ads.

  7. HowTo convert RC Car to a Robot by Cryofan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would say that RC cars are indeed a type of robot. In fact, MIT has a webpage on how to convert RC Cars to a robot. See:
    http://web.mit.edu/tas/www/traxx/rt_main.htm

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