Meccanoid G15 KS将Meccano公司带入机器人时代.doc

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1、MeccanoidG15KS将Meccano公司带入机器人时代　　DavidSzondyMeccanoidG15KSbringsMeccanointotherobotage　　　　TheMeccanoMeccanoidG15KSiscompaTIblewithstandardMeccanoparts　　ImageGallery（7images）　　Meccanoisoneofthosetoyswithaverystrongnostalgiaelement，involvingmemoriesofhoursspentbolTIngtogetheratoywheelbarro

2、woracoffeetable-sizeForthBridge.But21stcenturykidsrelatemoretosmartphonesthantravelingcranes，soMeccanohascomeupwithitsMeccanoidG15KS–akitrobotthatcanbeprogrammedusingmoTIoncapture.　　　　　　　　　　Firstmarketedin1901，Meccanowasn‘tsomuchatoywhenitstartedoutasaprototypingsystemaimedatkids.Itwasam

3、echanicalconstrucTIonsetbasedonstandardizedengineeringpartswithwhichchildrencouldbuildeverythingfromasimplecartoamechanicalanalogcomputer，iftheywereinventiveenoughandboughtalargeenoughkit.　　Meccanowasintendedasaneducationaltoythattaughtbasicengineeringprinciples，problem-solving，manualdex

4、terity，andhadthegoalofproducingthenextgenerationofengineers.Itmusthavegotsomethingright，becauseinitsheydayitwasarareuniversityengineeringdepartmentthatdidn’thaveatleastoneprojectonthebenchthatwasn‘taMeccanolash-up.　　　　Inrecentyears，Meccanohaspassedthroughseveralownersandhasbeenlessaboutg

5、eneralkitsthanbuildingspecificprojects，suchasaspecificcaroranairplane，buttheMeccanoidG15KSmovesoutofthetoycornthresherleagueandintoopensourceroboticbuildingplatforms.Inmanyways，it’sareturntothemoregeneral，innovativekitdays，butwrappedinaspecificproduct.　　Aimedatages5to14，theemphasisisonsi

6、mplicityandeaseofuse.Thekitevencomeswithergonomictoolsand“user-friendlyinstructions，”whichisabitofshockforthoseofuswhorememberthebasicspannersandinstructionswithdeliberateerrorsincludedtoencourageproblem-solving.　　Initsbasicconstruction，theMeccanoidG15KShasamovableheadandarms，motorizedfe

7、etforrollingabout，andLEDeyeswithover500colorsavailable.Ituseslargepolygonal，grid-like，high-impactpolycarbonateconstructionplates，whichseemsabitofadeviationfromtheoldgirdersandsymmetricalmetalplates，butMeccanosaysthatthenewpartsarecompatiblewithclassicMeccano–openingupunli