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I would not let an adult drive my robot. You don't have enough gaming experience. But I will let a kid with no license take control of my vehicle system.

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Robert Ballard
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 30
Academic
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Wichita
Kansas
Robert Duane Ballard
Robert D. Ballard
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