Biography:Dan Danknick

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Dan Danknick is a physicist and roboticist who graduated from UCI 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 entire competition.[citation needed]

Robotica

Danknick hosted the TLC show Robotica for the second and third seasons, acting as a technical commentator.[3]

SERVO Magazine

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

References

  1. "An Introduction to Hacking Robosapien" (in en). The Robosapien Companion: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks (Apress): 217–230. 2005. doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-0056-7_12. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4302-0056-7_12. Retrieved 4 October 2021. 
  2. "Bulletins". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 56 (5): 4–9. 1 September 2000. doi:10.2968/056005003. ISSN 0096-3402. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2968/056005003. Retrieved 4 October 2021. 
  3. Paulas, Rick (18 June 2013). "The birth and death of BattleBots" (in en). SBNation.com. https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/6/18/4438250/battlebots-robot-wars-combat-oral-history. 

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