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readonlybarbie on Jan 4, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Best way to learn DIY robotics?

In the event that you don't purchase any physical parts for making controllable robots, you'll find similarities in programming game physics, which really is just a simulation of the world we live in and how to propell an object around that world.

nomel on Jan 6, 2023 [–]

Definitely. Robotics is 20% hardware, 80% software/control algs, for anything interesting. You can get very far with a virtual environment.

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