Dan Danknick is a physicist and
roboticist
Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots.
Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...
who graduated from
UCI UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
* Uganda Cancer In ...
and has made several appearances on robotics related television shows.
Battlebots
Danknick gained comedic notoriety in the robotics community with his appearances on the
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American Cable television in the United States, cable television channel, channel owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks, network division's Paramount Media Networks#MTV Entertainment Group, MTV Ente ...
show
Battlebots
''BattleBots'' is an American robot combat television series and company. The show is an adaptation of the American Robot Wars competitions hosted in the mid–late 1990s by Marc Thorpe, in which competitors design and operate remote-controlled ...
.
The robot created by his Team Delta, Hazard, was consistently one of the highest ranked middleweight robots in the entire competition.
Robotica
Danknick hosted the
TLC
TLC may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Television
* ''TLC'' (TV series), a 2002 British situational comedy television series that aired on BBC2
* TLC (TV network), formerly the Learning Channel, an American cable TV network
** TLC (Asia), an A ...
show
Robotica for the second and third seasons, acting as a technical commentator.
SERVO Magazine
Danknick served as the first technical editor of
SERVO Magazine
''SERVO Magazine'' is a monthly robotics publication produced by T&L Publications. The first issue appeared in November 2003. ''SERVO Magazine'' was a primary sponsor behind the Tetsujin competition, a contest where teams were challenged to desi ...
, the robotics publication. He was also a driving force behind the magazine's robotics competition, Tetsujin.
References
External links
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21st-century American physicists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American roboticists
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