Servo Magazine ( July 2017 )

The Conversion of a Robot Skeptic: My First RoboGames

By Anne Lillie    View In Digital Edition  


I left my first RoboGames full of respect for the ingenuity of the builders and the generosity with which they allow their creation to be destroyed for the entertainment of others. Anyone can sit in the stands and think they could build a better robot than what they see fighting. The difference between the best engineer in the world and the person in the stands is that one of them decided to actually build something — even if it was destined to get thrashed to shrapnel bits.

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