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Dan Danknick

Dan Danknick is a physicist and roboticist who graduated from the University of California, Irvine, and has made several appearances on robotics-related television shows.

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Dan Danknick
Alma materUCI
Occupationsphysicist, roboticist

Dan Danknick is a physicist and roboticist who graduated from the University of California, Irvine, and has made several appearances on robotics-related television shows.1

Battlebots

Danknick gained comedic notoriety in the robotics community with his appearances on the Comedy Central show Battlebots.2 The robot created by his Team Delta, Hazard, was consistently one of the highest-ranked middleweight robots in the competition.

Robotica

Danknick hosted The Learning Channel show Robotica for its second and third seasons, acting as a technical commentator.3

SERVO Magazine

Danknick served as the first technical editor of SERVO Magazine, a robotics publication. He was also a driving force behind the magazine's robotics competition, Tetsujin.

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References

  1. "An Introduction to Hacking Robosapien". The Robosapien Companion. Apress. 2005. pp. 217–230. doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-0056-7_12. ISBN 978-1-59059-526-8. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. "Bulletins". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 56 (5): 4–9. 1 September 2000. Bibcode:2000BuAtS..56e...4.. doi:10.2968/056005003. ISSN 0096-3402.
  3. Paulas, Rick (18 June 2013). "The birth and death of BattleBots". SBNation.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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