Combat robot weapons

Chris Hannold

220 pages, parution le 31/07/2003

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Résumé

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, color 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 Dagoths upgrade plans from a wedge bot with spike to a vertical spinner bot with a secondary wedge. TURN YOUR ROBOT INTO A LEAN, MEAN FIGHTING MACHINE

Build combat robots that smash, slash, and pummel their way to victory with McGraw-Hill's Combat Robot Weapons. Including detailed information on weapon construction, fight strategy, and tips from combat robot guru Chris Hannold, this practical guide delivers everything you need to know to add a wide variety of weapons to your robots.

Perfect for robotics hobbyists and educators - as well as newcomers who want to build combat robots but don't know where to start-- Combat Robot Weapons delves deeply into weaponry, with coverage of:

Spinners
Wedges
Hammers
Lifters
Flippers
Projectiles
And much, much more!

Packed with informative illustrations, Combat Robot Weapons also expands on fighting strategies for each weapon type to further solidify your understanding. The enclosed CD-ROM contains spinner weapon plans, robot combat videos, software, and more that will help you turn your robot into a battle-ready metal warrior.

Includes:

Spinning weapons
Thwackbots
Spinner strategies
Wedge weapons
Lifter weapons
And more!

Introduction
History First
Legal versus Illegal
Getting Started
The Wedge and the Rammer
The Lifter and Flipper Bots
Overhead Attacks
Crushers, Huggers, and Clampers
Projectile Weapons
Multibots
Spears, Spikes, and Pokers
Spinners
General Design
Electronics and RC Equipment
The Future
Index

L'auteur - Chris Hannold

Chris Hannold has been involved in robotics for almost two decades. A resident of Linwood, North Carolina, he answers robotics questions each day on an Internet forum and organizes and produces the NC Robot StreetFight. He is also the author of McGraw-Hills Combat Robots Complete: Everything You Need to Build, Compete, and Win.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Chris Hannold
Parution	31/07/2003
Nb. de pages	220
Format	18,5 x 23,2
Couverture	Broché
Poids	460g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780071422000