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	ROBOTICA
by Tom Cantrell Start ı Fear and Loathing ı Blood, Sweat, and Duct Tape ıTrouble in Tinsel Town ı When the Musicıs Over ı Sources and PDF SOURCES and PDF Download the PDF of this Article. Tom Cantrell has been working on chip, board, and system design, and marketing in Silicon Valley for more than ten years. You may reach him by e-mail at tom.cantrell@circuitcellar.com, by telephone at (510) 657-0264, or by fax at (510) 657-5441. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Despite well-appreciated sponsorship from Noll Engineering, B&B Steel, and Central Coast Bearing, the team members still had to max out their credit cards. A studentıs credit rating is a terrible thing to waste, so please contact me (tom.cantrell@circuitcellar.com) if youıd like to help out the team. And also, thanks to Kim Morcaldi for the pictures. REFERENCE [1] Thorpe v. Profile Holdings, Inc., United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, Memorandum of Decision Re: Robot Wars, http://www.canb.uscourts.gov/canb/Documents.nsf/ bf0c3519af9731c88825671d00666479/00445a3dba9 438d58825693f00607efd?OpenDocument SOURCES BattleBots Inc. (415) 898-7522 Fax: (415) 898-7525 www.battlebots.com Robot Wars LLC www.robotwars.com Robotica The Learning Channel (888) 404-5969 www.tlc.discovery.com PREVIOUS Circuit Cellar provides up-to-date information for engineers. Visit www.circuitcellar.com for more information and additional articles. For subscription information, call (860) 875-2199, subscribe@circuitcellar.com or subscribe online. ıCircuit Cellar, the Magazine for Computer Applications. Posted with permission.