Ruggles stresses that her relationship with Junior is unusual because of its longevity. According to Dr. Gloria Coulter, head of the Snowden School, one of the strengths of the program has been the relationships it fosters. And those relationships work both ways, says Ruggles. I feel blessed to have Tanya in my life and to have had the opportunity to learn from her. By Kathryn Levy Feldman '78 Kathryn Levy Feldman is a freelance writer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Some people never outgrow their obsessions of youth.
But now he gets paid to do it. Knudsen, who used to spend hours making Lego spacemen and starships and later tinkering with the gears and pulleys of Technic Legos, wrote a book on programming and building Lego robots after the company unleashed its Mindstorms robot kit in 1998. Then I had to wait until the kids went to bed to open it up and start playing. The software supplied with the toy is designed for people who have never programmed before and is therefore limiting to experienced professionals like Knudsen. He programmed Minerva to look for dark objects on the ground, pick them up, and bring them back to where it started.