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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Ron Fink

Ron Fink

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Ron Fink is a robotics inventor and self-taught engineer known as "Mad Max" for his eccentric approach to building homemade robots and autonomous machines from salvaged components. As a guest on late-night radio, he demonstrated that advanced robotic technology could emerge outside corporate laboratories, inspiring listeners with his inventive do-it-yourself approach to mechanical engineering.

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December 21, 2003: Robotic Technology - Ron "Mad Max" Fink

Dec 21, 2003
2h 50m
Robotics designer Ron "Mad Max" Fink joins Art Bell to discuss autonomous robotic vehicles, DARPA research, and the International Robot Racing Federation after Art examines a listener's Sedona saucer photograph. The image, allegedly taken by a Grand Canyon tour pilot, shows a saucer with an apparent open door, possi...