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From: shalev@telecomm.tadiran.co.il (Ronny Shalev (1066))
Subject: Re: The Robotics Practitioner Magazine
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Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 13:35:29 GMT
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Ron Kube (kube@cs.ualberta.ca) wrote:
: I received an advertisement for a new magazine called the Robotics Practitioner:
: The Journal for Robot Builders published by Footfalls, Ltd.  They plan on
: publishing 4 times a year and the announcement states:

: 	"The Robotics Practitioner is for students, educators,
: 	entrepreneurs, and hobbyists who explore the edges of
: 	robotics technology by building their own robots."

: It reminded me of another magazine published in the early '80s called
: Robotics Age for the same market; but unfortunately met with its demise
: as a hobbyist magazine due to lack of revenues (I believe after a brief
: stint as Robotics Engineering---is it still around?).  As an educator, I am
: hoping this magazine will be successful as it would be a useful resource
: for our students.  My question is this:  What types of things would readers
: of comp.robotics like to see in such a magazine?  Personally I would like
: to see articles on educational robotics along with advertising from
: companies selling hard to get parts etc.  What would you like to see?

: Ron

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