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A 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics

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125 points danso | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 15:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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gedy ◴[20 Apr 25 15:18 UTC] No.43744329[source]▶
I'm impressed Hiroyuki Watanabe was only 24 years old when he invented/led this.

> “I didn’t have a period where I studied engineering professionally. Instead, I enrolled in what Japan would call a technical high school that trains technical engineers, and I actually [entered] the electrical department there,” he told me.

I think this approach is sorely needed again, in the US at least.

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1. Swizec ◴[20 Apr 25 15:48 UTC] No.43744536[source]▶
I went to a technical high school for software engineering in Slovenia and it was fantastic. We learned C/C++, SQL, relational data modeling, basics of OOP, assembly for microcontrollers, IT administrator stuff, networking/internet, some basics of web development, a little about operating systems.

I did go to study CS after high school (despite getting a job midway through my senior year), but I still draw on the things I learned in high school every day. It was great. Gave me a lot of practical foundations.