Making simple robots
"Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, English majors, school teachers, and grandparents. If you can knit, sew, or fold a flat piece of paper into a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. If you can use a hot glue gun, you can learn to solder b...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sebastopol, CA :
Maker Media,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Make (Sebastopol, Calif.) |
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| Summary: | "Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, English majors, school teachers, and grandparents. If you can knit, sew, or fold a flat piece of paper into a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. If you can use a hot glue gun, you can learn to solder basic electronics into a low-tech robot that reacts to its environment. And if you can figure out how to use the apps on your smart phone, you can learn enough programming to communicate with a simple robot" -- From publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | "Explore cutting-edge robotics with everyday stuff." Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 200 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781457183638 (pbk.) 1457183633 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Kathy Ceceri is the Homeschooling Guide at About.com and author of activity books for families, including Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future. She helped create the GeekMom blog and the book Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families. She was also the first regular female blogger for the GeekDad blog, and contributed more than a dozen projects to the Geek Dad series of books. |
