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Saturday, August 10, 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/494410p-3942968c.html More schools adding BattleBots curriculum CHAO XIONG, Star Tribune ...Some Minnesota educators hope that a pack of robots will soup up a new generation of tech kids... for jobs in engineering and technology. They want to join 100 schools nationwide that have implemented some form of the BattleBots IQ curriculum, course work created two years ago by the founders of the Comedy Central program "BattleBots." On the show, machines armed with hammers, saws and limbs of destruction try to conquer one another. About 12 high school and college instructors designed and built their own steel robots this week at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minn., putting them to the test Thursday in front of cheering fans....
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