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Re: Storage Hunter Finds a FRC Robot

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Originally Posted by lemiant View Post
Has anybody emailed them and asked about this?
I'm not going to waste my time, as that would imply that I find their show worthwhile.
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Originally Posted by Molten View Post
Seriously though, I would bet this is the sort of thing that passed through their minds if any.
Remember we're talking about TV here. The vast majority of the writing staff is technologically illiterate. They wouldn't know a robot from a cow, and they sincerely believe that the entire country is as ignorant as they are.
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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
I'm kind of surprised so many of you are jumping to the conclusion that there is no way a team could've put a robot together to look like that.
What the photos show is not even close to a robot, it's just a pile of parts zip-tied together. There is no control system, no drivetrain, no power system...nothing. See my comment above.
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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
Judging by what was done to the robot, no one involved has a clue what any of the parts are, so they'd be hard pressed to get much money for them.
Exactly. Not knowing the market, they won't get a dime for them.

Seriously, you can watch them cut the lock off the unit, throw open the door and !behold! - pretty robots perfectly staged for the cameras. If you believe that isn't fake, PM me because I have a bridge here in Fort Lee I don't need any more and I can sell it cheap.

Sorry to be a curmudgeon, but fake reality really gets my goat. Especially when the producers of this pap expect us to buy it. How stupid are we really?
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