The Resource Building bots : designing and building warrior robots, William Gurstelle
Building bots : designing and building warrior robots, William Gurstelle
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- Summary
- This is the definitive guide to designing and building warrior robots like those seen on BattleBots, Robotica, and Robot Wars. It walks robot enthusiasts of all ages step-by-step through the design and building process, enabling them to create any number of customized warrior robots. With a strong emphasis on safety, chapters include designing a robot, choosing materials, radio control systems, electric motors, robot batteries, motor speed controllers, gasoline engines, and drive trains. Clear instructions are accompanied by photos, line drawings, and detailed diagrams throughout. A color section showcases a variety of glorious fighting machines. For beginners, there is machine shop 101 and robot physics, and, of course, chapters on weaponry that include spinner robots, thwackbots, cutting blade robots, lifters, and chameleon robots. When the bot of their dreams is built, suggestions on where to compete and game-day strategies and tactics help readers take the next step. An extensive resource section lists parts suppliers, pertinent Web sites, a radio frequency chart, and a glossary
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781613741429
- Label
- Building bots : designing and building warrior robots
- Title
- Building bots
- Title remainder
- designing and building warrior robots
- Statement of responsibility
- William Gurstelle
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the definitive guide to designing and building warrior robots like those seen on BattleBots, Robotica, and Robot Wars. It walks robot enthusiasts of all ages step-by-step through the design and building process, enabling them to create any number of customized warrior robots. With a strong emphasis on safety, chapters include designing a robot, choosing materials, radio control systems, electric motors, robot batteries, motor speed controllers, gasoline engines, and drive trains. Clear instructions are accompanied by photos, line drawings, and detailed diagrams throughout. A color section showcases a variety of glorious fighting machines. For beginners, there is machine shop 101 and robot physics, and, of course, chapters on weaponry that include spinner robots, thwackbots, cutting blade robots, lifters, and chameleon robots. When the bot of their dreams is built, suggestions on where to compete and game-day strategies and tactics help readers take the next step. An extensive resource section lists parts suppliers, pertinent Web sites, a radio frequency chart, and a glossary
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gurstelle, William
- Dewey number
- 796.15
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- TJ211
- LC item number
- .G87 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Robots
- CRAFTS & HOBBIES
- SCIENCE
- Robots
- Label
- Building bots : designing and building warrior robots, William Gurstelle
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- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 750230005
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781613741429
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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- feaa1918-25ad-4f01-ba90-81282175d0be
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)750230005
- Label
- Building bots : designing and building warrior robots, William Gurstelle
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 750230005
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781613741429
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- feaa1918-25ad-4f01-ba90-81282175d0be
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)750230005
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