Word: robotical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Speed, be quick and hold on to the puck when you get it," said Mike Perrott, one of the four people who designed the winning robot...
...each round, three participants entered a circular "rink," five feet in diameter, bordered by plexiglass with a puck in the middle. The goal for each robot was to be the last to touch the puck when the bell went off after 60 seconds...
Okay, so it makes no sense, but the best man...er...robot usually won. The most effective strategy was to get to the puck first and pin it against the boards, while opponents fruitlessly tried to check the winning robot off the puck and get a claw...
...boast such extravagant features as an aquarium containing a giant stingray, artwork on the walls that can be changed electronically, and heat-detecting switches that turn on lights when a person walks into the room. The 2,500-sq.- ft. silver-and-white suite even comes equipped with a robot named Ursula who acts as a servant...
...what they looked like. Pynchon, by contrast, somehow had the foresight to hide from the beginning; the only photographs of him in circulation date from his late adolescence. As a result, he resembles, in his freedom, an apparition he includes in Vineland, namely " 'Chuck,' the world's most invisible robot," an android that operates on an erratic airline between Los Angeles and Honolulu. "How invisible," the plane's p.a. system announces, "you might wonder, is 'Chuck'? Well, he's been walking around among you, all through this whole flight! Yes, and now he could be right next...