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08-09-2010, 19:59
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Re: Are they really robots?
I'm not sure where you are going with this.
What IS a robot? Are the DARPA Vehicles a robot? Is a military drone a robot? The only thing that I can think of that I would classify as a robot 100% are the ABB / Fanuc / etc robots we have in our plant. They are built using the same basic components we use in FIRST - servos, encoders, camera, and closed loop computer control. Much like autonomous mode, the robots rarely run longer than 15 seconds in any one program, and many of them require frequent human interaction. Oh - and they have no legs. Every one of the technologies the kids learn in FIRST are applicable to the Robotics field - from business to cad to the controls sytems and the manufacturing. I have no problem calling a FIRST robot a robot. 
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