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"Making Simple Robots is based on the idea that anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, educators, parents, and anyone who didn't make it to engineering school. If you can cut, fold, and tape a piece of paper to make a tube or a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. In fact, many of the models in this book are based upon real-life prototypes -- working models created in research labs and companies. What's more, if you can use the apps...
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Hi Jinx is published by Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Make your own robot books are powerful STEAM texts. With step-by-step instructions, easy to find parts, and illustrations that match exactly the reader's needs, this book will teach young engineers some basic construction skills and give some fun to basic electricty teaching.
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Hi Jinx is published by Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Make your own robot books are powerful STEAM texts. With step-by-step instructions, easy to find parts, and illustrations that match exactly the reader's needs, this book will teach young engineers some basic construction skills and give some fun to basic electricty teaching.
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Barron's
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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In today's wired world, robots are everywhere, from movies, in space, as part of computer games--maybe even walking among us. This is a look at their rise: how they've developed over time, from early sketches to terrifying battlebots and factory operatives, to the latest AIs running free from their workshops. Presented chronologically, this robot history explores landmark robots that have captured the imagination, including creations from popular...
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Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Robots are everywhere! In Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities, middle schoolers learn about these devices that vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, sample rocks from other planets, and even bring back images from the bottom of the ocean. In Bots! you can find hands-on STEM activities, coding challenges that use free online software, essential questions, and links to online primary resources!"--...
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No Starch Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A beginner-friendly collection of bot projects that can be built with common items found around the house. Begins with introductory chapters on motors, electronics, and soldering techniques before moving on to the projects, which include step-by-step instructions, photographs, and tips"-- provided by publisher.
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Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no onefrom MIT nerds to Army Corps engineershas ever built a robot that can lay bricks as well as a mason. Unlike the controlled conditions of a factory line, where robots are now ubiquitous, no two construction sites are alike, and a days work involves countless variablesbricks that range in size and quality,...
12) Robots
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QEB Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Robots are an important part of our world. No longer part of science fiction, they are all around us, in our homes, workplaces, hospitals and space. Robots can make day-to-day tasks easier, perform life-saving surgery and explore the depths of space beyond our reach. Discover all you need to know about these incredible machines and their place in our world in this guide packed full of experiments, investigations and hands-on activities. Explore the...
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