La Vida Robot

[idlisambar]

How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship.



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"Across campus, in a second-floor windowless room, four students huddle around an odd, 3-foot-tall frame constructed of PVC pipe. They have equipped it with propellers, cameras, lights, a laser, depth detectors, pumps, an underwater microphone, and an articulated pincer. At the top sits a black, waterproof briefcase containing a nest of hacked processors, minuscule fans, and LEDs. It's a cheap but astoundingly functional underwater robot capable of recording sonar pings and retrieving objects 50 feet below the surface. The four teenagers who built it are all undocumented Mexican immigrants who came to this country through tunnels or hidden in the backseats of cars. They live in sheds and rooms without electricity. But over three days last summer, these kids from the desert proved they are among the smartest young underwater engineers in the country."
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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/robot.html

[LSparkle]

1. Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!

[pnorman]

2. I read that article in entirety and bookmarked it for future reference.

I intend to use it to good effect. Me too, THANKS.

pnorman