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dyrodium
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 6476
Location: Sydney
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Hmm, it's hell corny but robots are the best thing ever to happen for me, as a hobby everything just comes together so nicely... the ability to design, fabricate and then destroy machines in your direct control is just so addictive and really encourages a cycle of improvement in all areas. I can't think of any other RC sport that supports anything similar.
Ahh nostalgia, came into it all pretty late (2004) as I never had pay TV so only saw very late reruns of robowars on channel 10 and missed battlebots entirely. Went searching online after playing a crappy flash game and found the tail end of ABBL, I think it was glen who forwarded me the robowars forum details and went from there.
Main thing I’ve always loved about the community has been the aspect of mentoring, seriously would not have got anywhere if it wasn’t for people helping me with battery pack construction, machining... driving >_> every single NSW member really.
I did my own bit of mentoring with Grassy who moved on to other things, but in recent years its been pretty damn quiet... which has been really depressing. The serial space events were run in the attempt to attract more local builders but with a grand total of 0 interested parties joining the public events really become more trouble than they're worth for me anyway (and everyone who pulled together to help!).
What do I want for the future? For more people in Australia to realise the actual tangible value of teaching kids real design, electronics and machining skills through a really enjoyable medium... I've tried school clubs, events... word of mouth, even letting an interested random drive my bot through an entire competition (who registered on the forum and never returned)... My uni runs a design subject which is heavy in electromechanical projects, so been thinking of pitching the idea of robot combat to them, after all I got INTO uni because of my robots and nothing to do with what I did at high school. _________________ ( •_•)
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