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From: "Kenny Millar" <yaroze@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: [Off topic] Real Robots
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 12:53:58 +0100
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Aye,

I've got myself a subscription!
You can buy all the parts off their website too.

Also, if you take out a sub you get a cool tool kit including  soldering
iron! Not such a kids toy after all methinks.

-Kenny (Big kid at heart!)


"Derek da Silva" <dasi@eidosnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> http://www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk/CIRG/realrobots/index.htm
> http://www.realrobots.co.uk/
>
> Very cool.  It's a fortnightly robot-building magazine series (perhaps
> you've seen the TV ads) developed by the University of Reading Cybernetics
> Department.  My little brother bought the first issue (£1.99), and
although
> the content of the magazine is aimed mostly at young boys, the robot
itself
> will boast some quite sophisticated features as the series progresses.
The
> robot kit parts supplied with the magazine are of an impressively high
> quality.
>
> It's capabilities will be similar to LEGO MINDSTORMS: various sensors,
> light, sound etc.; infrared transmitter; programmability via a PC; remote
> control, and later voice recognition and the ability to "recognise objects
> by their shape and colour".  Visit the links.
>
> cheers
> Derek
>
>