Author: John Ronald Baker
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515773566
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
May the best 'bot win! From all-out battles to competitive sports and futuristic challenges, robot contests have never been more popular. Witness the incredible feats of power, speed, and endurance achieved by robots in the world's biggest robotic competitions.
Astonishing Robot Competitions
Author: John Ronald Baker
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515773566
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
May the best 'bot win! From all-out battles to competitive sports and futuristic challenges, robot contests have never been more popular. Witness the incredible feats of power, speed, and endurance achieved by robots in the world's biggest robotic competitions.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515773566
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
May the best 'bot win! From all-out battles to competitive sports and futuristic challenges, robot contests have never been more popular. Witness the incredible feats of power, speed, and endurance achieved by robots in the world's biggest robotic competitions.
The Modern Nerd's Guide to Robot Battles
Author: Melissa Raé Shofner
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538212153
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Robot battling is one of the hottest hobbies out there, with dedicated television shows, international stars, and crazy, freaky, metal creations. Now, the inside scoop on the wild world of robot battling is available to budding enthusiasts everywhere. Filled with insider know-how, action-packed graphics, and dynamic color photographs, this volume guides readers through this imaginative world of automated competition. The exciting yet accessible language inspires and engages with every turn of the page, ensuring this book will be a hit in any collection.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 1538212153
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Robot battling is one of the hottest hobbies out there, with dedicated television shows, international stars, and crazy, freaky, metal creations. Now, the inside scoop on the wild world of robot battling is available to budding enthusiasts everywhere. Filled with insider know-how, action-packed graphics, and dynamic color photographs, this volume guides readers through this imaginative world of automated competition. The exciting yet accessible language inspires and engages with every turn of the page, ensuring this book will be a hit in any collection.
Remarkable Robot
Author: Suzanne Varney
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039149308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Lacy, Lexy, and Lucy are the Super-Duper Triplets! These sisters can magically jump into the books they read. When they explore their book about a robot named Hexa, the triplets learn that the poor robot needs help crossing a wall made of shapes. If Hexa can’t get through the wall, she’ll never be able to join her family! The triplets want to help. The only problem? They haven’t learned their shapes yet! The girls promise Hexa that they’ll be back in one week. But will a week be enough time for them to learn all of the shapes they need? Can they help their friend Hexa pass the shapes wall and get back to her family? This delightful and educational book teaches children the fun and importance of shapes and days of the week. It is the fourth book in the Super-Duper Triplets’ series, and can be read as a stand-alone book or as part of the series.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039149308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Lacy, Lexy, and Lucy are the Super-Duper Triplets! These sisters can magically jump into the books they read. When they explore their book about a robot named Hexa, the triplets learn that the poor robot needs help crossing a wall made of shapes. If Hexa can’t get through the wall, she’ll never be able to join her family! The triplets want to help. The only problem? They haven’t learned their shapes yet! The girls promise Hexa that they’ll be back in one week. But will a week be enough time for them to learn all of the shapes they need? Can they help their friend Hexa pass the shapes wall and get back to her family? This delightful and educational book teaches children the fun and importance of shapes and days of the week. It is the fourth book in the Super-Duper Triplets’ series, and can be read as a stand-alone book or as part of the series.
Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi
Author: Matt Timmons-Brown
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593279213
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi, you'll learn how to build and code your own robot projects with just the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a few easy-to-get components - no prior experience necessary! Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi will take you from inexperienced maker to robot builder. You'll start off building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then program it using Python, the world's most popular programming language. Gradually, you'll improve your robot by adding increasingly advanced functionality until it can follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even recognize objects of a certain size and color using computer vision. Learn how to: - Control your robot remotely using only a Wii remote - Teach your robot to use sensors to avoid obstacles - Program your robot to follow a line autonomously - Customize your robot with LEDs and speakers to make it light up and play sounds - See what your robot sees with a Pi Camera As you work through the book, you'll learn fundamental electronics skills like how to wire up parts, use resistors and regulators, and determine how much power your robot needs. By the end, you'll have learned the basics of coding in Python and know enough about working with hardware like LEDs, motors, and sensors to expand your creations beyond simple robots.
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593279213
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi, you'll learn how to build and code your own robot projects with just the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a few easy-to-get components - no prior experience necessary! Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi will take you from inexperienced maker to robot builder. You'll start off building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then program it using Python, the world's most popular programming language. Gradually, you'll improve your robot by adding increasingly advanced functionality until it can follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even recognize objects of a certain size and color using computer vision. Learn how to: - Control your robot remotely using only a Wii remote - Teach your robot to use sensors to avoid obstacles - Program your robot to follow a line autonomously - Customize your robot with LEDs and speakers to make it light up and play sounds - See what your robot sees with a Pi Camera As you work through the book, you'll learn fundamental electronics skills like how to wire up parts, use resistors and regulators, and determine how much power your robot needs. By the end, you'll have learned the basics of coding in Python and know enough about working with hardware like LEDs, motors, and sensors to expand your creations beyond simple robots.
Autonomous Robots
Author: George A. Bekey
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262025782
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An introduction to the science and practice of autonomous robots that reviews over 300 current systems and examines the underlying technology.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262025782
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
An introduction to the science and practice of autonomous robots that reviews over 300 current systems and examines the underlying technology.
Robot on the Loose #11
Author: Henry Winkler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 051515718X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Hank, the star of the bestselling easy-to-read series, is back! This time, he has to learn the nuts and bolts of making a robot--and making a friend! Hank's school is hosting its first-ever Build-a-Robot competition and Hank is ready to win. There's just one problem: he completely forgot about the contest! While other kids have been working on their robots for a month, Hank has just two days to create an amazing robot that will wow the judges and win him the trophy. To make matters worse, there might be another problem, too. Hank has no idea how to build a robot! With help from Jaden, a robot expert at his school, Hank and his friends construct their robot, Stanley, just in time. But on the day of the competition, Stanley malfunctions! It will take Hank, Frankie, Ashley, and their new friend Jaden to get it back on track. Forget winning the trophy--Hank has to stop a robot on the loose!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 051515718X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Hank, the star of the bestselling easy-to-read series, is back! This time, he has to learn the nuts and bolts of making a robot--and making a friend! Hank's school is hosting its first-ever Build-a-Robot competition and Hank is ready to win. There's just one problem: he completely forgot about the contest! While other kids have been working on their robots for a month, Hank has just two days to create an amazing robot that will wow the judges and win him the trophy. To make matters worse, there might be another problem, too. Hank has no idea how to build a robot! With help from Jaden, a robot expert at his school, Hank and his friends construct their robot, Stanley, just in time. But on the day of the competition, Stanley malfunctions! It will take Hank, Frankie, Ashley, and their new friend Jaden to get it back on track. Forget winning the trophy--Hank has to stop a robot on the loose!
Fighting Robots
Author: Michael Benson
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806523729
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
It's an ear-splitting, gut-crunching, armor-crashing, booby-trapped fight to the death and the fastest-growing sport on television -- the world of hard-driving robot combat. Millions watch as these metallic maulers, handmade with a vengeance by technical wizards, slash, buzz, and hammer each other into a crowd-pleasing pulp in awesome displays of motorized muscle. This is the only A to Z guide to the fascinating world of mechanical warriors -- from the best Bots in the business to the inventors who created them. Whether you want to build and fight your own robot, learn more about the sport, or get a close-up, behind-the-scenes look at every bit of the action, this comprehensive book delivers it all -- the guts, the gears, and the pulverizing glory! Book jacket.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806523729
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
It's an ear-splitting, gut-crunching, armor-crashing, booby-trapped fight to the death and the fastest-growing sport on television -- the world of hard-driving robot combat. Millions watch as these metallic maulers, handmade with a vengeance by technical wizards, slash, buzz, and hammer each other into a crowd-pleasing pulp in awesome displays of motorized muscle. This is the only A to Z guide to the fascinating world of mechanical warriors -- from the best Bots in the business to the inventors who created them. Whether you want to build and fight your own robot, learn more about the sport, or get a close-up, behind-the-scenes look at every bit of the action, this comprehensive book delivers it all -- the guts, the gears, and the pulverizing glory! Book jacket.
Battling for Victory
Author: Kathryn Clay
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1476551146
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Describes various competitions and games involving robots"--
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1476551146
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Describes various competitions and games involving robots"--
Spare Parts
Author: Joshua Davis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374183376
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion picture In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much—but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot. And build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. This was never a level competition—and yet, against all odds . . . they won! But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story—which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement—will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. Joshua Davis's Spare Parts is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and four young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374183376
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion picture In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much—but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot. And build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. This was never a level competition—and yet, against all odds . . . they won! But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story—which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement—will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. Joshua Davis's Spare Parts is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and four young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out.
Robots 1:1
Author: Rolf Fehlbaum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783945852279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
ROBOTS 1:1 explores the space-themed toys in the R. F. Robot Collection held by the Vitra Design Museum. Largely produced in Japan between 1937 and 1973, these figures of robots (and the occasional astronaut) have been carefully researched and compiled over the years by Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra and founder of the Vitra Design Museum, who describes them as »small kinetic sculptures of great originality. Ever since the term's first appearance in Czech writer Karel Čapek's science fiction play »R. U. R.« in 1921, robots have both served and taken over the work of humans, creating human dependency and at times a shift in the power dynamics of a society. ROBOTS 1:1 is unique in that it shows the toys and their original packaging (when available) in a scale of 1:1, with the largest robot determining the size of the book. In this way, it conveys something of the uncanny nature of the robots and their ambivalence, while the vivid illustrations on the boxes give an idea of the futuristic fantasies developed over the period. ROBOTS 1:1 is limited to an edition of 1,000 copies, numbered and signed by Rolf Fehlbaum. A USB stick with 34 short films demonstrating a selection of robots in action is integrated into the spine of the book, alongside a poster featuring 80 robots in chronological order of their release.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783945852279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
ROBOTS 1:1 explores the space-themed toys in the R. F. Robot Collection held by the Vitra Design Museum. Largely produced in Japan between 1937 and 1973, these figures of robots (and the occasional astronaut) have been carefully researched and compiled over the years by Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra and founder of the Vitra Design Museum, who describes them as »small kinetic sculptures of great originality. Ever since the term's first appearance in Czech writer Karel Čapek's science fiction play »R. U. R.« in 1921, robots have both served and taken over the work of humans, creating human dependency and at times a shift in the power dynamics of a society. ROBOTS 1:1 is unique in that it shows the toys and their original packaging (when available) in a scale of 1:1, with the largest robot determining the size of the book. In this way, it conveys something of the uncanny nature of the robots and their ambivalence, while the vivid illustrations on the boxes give an idea of the futuristic fantasies developed over the period. ROBOTS 1:1 is limited to an edition of 1,000 copies, numbered and signed by Rolf Fehlbaum. A USB stick with 34 short films demonstrating a selection of robots in action is integrated into the spine of the book, alongside a poster featuring 80 robots in chronological order of their release.