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Steve Melito Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2969 Good Answers: 33	Robotic Pitcher to Take the Mound 06/07/2005 5:00 PM
	The S-3 Platform Robot will throw the first pitch tonight when the Pittsburgh Pirates face the Baltimore Orioles on "Robotics Night" at PNC Park. The 200 lb. robot resembles a small car, but only weighs as much as a big league pitcher. Have the Pirates found a hurler who can stop Miguel Tejada?
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Chris Leonard Friend of CR4 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1776 Good Answers: 35	#1 Tejada 06/07/2005 5:51 PM
	Hopefully they have no answer for him. He's a key player on two of my fantasy teams. __________________ Off to take on other challenges. Good luck everybody! See you around the Interwebs.
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#2 Robot pitcher 06/08/2005 8:13 AM
	I'm just waiting for the day when they have real robot pitchers and all the millions that go to the ball players go to the company that made them =) __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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Chris Leonard Friend of CR4 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1776 Good Answers: 35	#3 In reply to #2 Re:Robot pitcher 06/08/2005 8:34 AM
	No, all the millions will go to the team owners... __________________ Off to take on other challenges. Good luck everybody! See you around the Interwebs.
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#4 In reply to #3 Re:Robot pitcher 06/08/2005 8:41 AM
	Not in my imaginary league. I my imaginary robot league the owners lease the robots (maintenance contracts and such) for contracts just like they do real players. The robots owners then have a nice little "arms race" to keep improving their robots as they lose contracts to younger more capable players. __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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Chris Leonard Friend of CR4 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1776 Good Answers: 35	#6 In reply to #4 Re:Robot pitcher 06/08/2005 10:54 AM
	We may not be too far away from this. A Japanese scientist has designed a robot that can hit pitches up to 300 km/h. __________________ Off to take on other challenges. Good luck everybody! See you around the Interwebs.
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#7 In reply to #6 Re:Robot pitcher 06/08/2005 11:02 AM
	Excellent. Soon my dream of robot domination of the sports industry shall commence!!!! Anyone feel up to the challenge of designing a curling robot??? __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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Steve Power-User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 381 Good Answers: 8	#5 So we'll have 3 leagues? NL, AL, and RL ? 06/08/2005 10:54 AM
	Interestingly, the ongoing series of Robocup competitions has an ambitious long-range goal: "By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team." ...keep watching!
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#8 In reply to #5 Re:So we'll have 3 leagues? NL, AL, and RL ? 06/08/2005 11:08 AM
	2050.... to long to wait. Besides Soccer would be a MUCH harder sport than baseball to automate. __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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