In
1999, he received about 7 minutes of air time on a documentary,
"Robots: le meilleur ami de l'homme?" (Robots: Man's Best
Friends?) A French film crew came to Mike's house to film "the
family" as they adjusted to their robot dog.
Mike Rigsby (Author)
Mike Rigsby is an electrical engineer who has contributed to several magazines, including Byte, Circuit Cellar, Modern Electronics, and Robotics Age. Long ago, before the subject was popular, he wrote a book, Verbal Control With Microcomputers (1982).
In
1999, he received about 7 minutes of air time on a documentary,
"Robots: le meilleur ami de l'homme?" (Robots: Man's Best
Friends?) A French film crew came to Mike's house to film "the
family" as they adjusted to their robot dog.
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Mike is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. He lives
in Sanibel, Florida with his wife.
In college, before it was fashionable, he built an electric car. In 1972, on the front page of the Nashville Tennessean, "An electric Karmann Ghia, built by Vanderbilt engineering senior Mike Rigsby was featured in the pre-game presentation as it circled the field ahead of convertibles bearing the homecoming court." |