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From: mentifex@scn.org (SCN User)
Subject: Re: Highschool Robotics
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Organization: Seattle Community Network
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:55:19 GMT
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On Thu Mar 27 1997, WooNam <novice@idt.net> wrote:

> Hi, I'm a Junior at a highschool in New York. We recently
> created a new Robotics club and we are trying to figure out
> what kind of project we should take on next year.
> Any project and competition ideas are welcome.

One project that you could work on is to make an intelligent bot:

  Hearing    Vision    Concepts Volition Emotion   Motor Output
 /iiiiiii\  /!i!i!i!\                             /YYYYYYYYYYYY\
| ||||||| || ||||||| |   +                       | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| || | ___ | |   +      AI Robot         | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| ||  /   \  |   +                       | |S|||||||||| |
| ||||||| || <image>-|-->+_                      | |H|||||||||| |
| ||||||| ||  \___/  |  /  \                     | |A|||||||||| |
| ||||||| ||         | <idea>               __   | |K|||||||||| |
| | ||||| ||         |  \__/-------------->/  \  | |E|||R|||||| |
| |d<-----||---------|---+        ____    <fear>-|->*|||U|||||| |
| ||||o|| ||         |   +------>/    \<---\__/  | |||||N|||P|| |
| ||g|||| ||         |   +      / de-  \---------|----->*|||E|| |
| || |||| ||         |   +     <  ci-   >        | |||||||||T|| |
| ||||||| ||         |   +      \ sion /---------|--------->*|| |
| ||||||| ||         |   +       \____/          | |||||||||||| |

Be prepared to spend considerable time on the project -- not only
the rest of high school but also undergrad, grad school and life.

As Winston Churchill (1874-1965) had only "blood, sweat and tears"
to offer his countrymen, so also robotics offers you only chances
to indulge what Albert Einstein called "der goettliche Spieltrieb"
or "the divine urge to play."  For details run a Mentifex search.
