Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.15
EAN num: 9780071422000
ISBN number: 0071422005
Label: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: June 27, 2003
Publishing house: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Sale Popularity Level: 962648
Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
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ABOUT THE CD:
The CD-ROM contains CAD and rendering software, CAD models, robot fighting videos and printable tables filled with useful information for all robot builders.
Rhino3D is a computer aided design (CAD) program and provides the tools to accurately model your designs ready for rendering, animation, drafting, engineering, analysis, and manufacturing. (Evaluation version)
Flamingo is a raytracing program that provides photometrically accurate images with reflections, refraction, diffusion, translucency, transparency, colour bleeding, shadows, depth of field, depth attenuation, ClearFinish(TM), and indirect lighting. (Evaluation version)
The robot fighting videos are some of the best fight clips available from the NC Robot StreetFight.
The CAD models include a full representation of Dagoth, the thirty pound bot constructed in Combat Robots Complete. This particular model shows Dagoth's upgrade plans from a wedge bot with spike to a vertical spinner bot with a secondary wedge.
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Chris Hannold has a long and varied background in combat robotics. He has buit robots to compete in the biggest combat events in the USA and Europe, and he has organized his own combat events. He is certainly well qualified to author this book.
The book itself is a rarity in the technical field of robotics -- it's actually an enjoyable read. Chris inserts stories from his own experience into the book that relate his topic to his real-world experiences. He presents a lot of 'food for thought' concerning the design and construction of a combat robot.
This may not be the most technical of the books on the subject, but I find it to be the most enjoyable to read.
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