Build Your Own Combat Robot

by Tom Carroll, Pete Miles, Tom Carroll

Book Overview

Explains the science and technology behind robots, and shows you what materials you need to build and program a robot for home, school, and competition. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072194642
• ISBN13: 9780072194647
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great For Me, but...

Don't get me wronng I think this book ois great in fact I'm using it now for a report on the robotic engineering involved in Battlebots. But unless you're looking to find out all of the little insides and outs of the bots I wouldn't recomend this one. This book is written in a textbook style meaning that its great if you're actually building or doing research but it's not great for a fun read.

Great book for fan or expert builder!

This book was a great read. Even if you don't have a great amount of knowledge on the subject, this book can still help with with useful info. Everything from the basics to armor and weapons suggestions. This book has great tips, equations, motor info, and much more. A must for any pro or beginner!

The real deal

This is one of the best how-to books I've seen. The authors are true experts in the subject, and it shows in their selection of material. I wish the engineers at Toshiba who designed my notebook computer had read the chapter on batteries. You get theory, practice, materials engineering, mechanics and robotics all presented in one neat package. This is one of those rare books that's perfect for the beginner as well as the expert. It's jammed full of information that would take hundreds of hours to gather from other sources, and most importantly, it's a painless way to shorten the learning curve to become a robot expert yourself.

great robot how-to book

This book takes out much of the guess work in building a combat robot. For example, do you know what happens to a robot battery when you try to drain it in 6 minutes? Other areas are construction, weapons, etc. The brief coverage of the autonmous features can be a great help for building a robot that has automatic features. This is not a detailed plan set, but a collection of information needed to build the robots, many good suggestions.

Wow! Great Book!

This book has everything! If you're interested in information on building a robot for combat then look no further. There are chapters on selecting the right motors, batteries and electronics. Want to get the most from your motors? this book explains tells you how! There are even chapters on Robot Sumo with complete plans to build your own inexpensive Sumo Robot! Great book!