First Robots Aim High

Author : Vince Wilczynski,Stephanie Slezycki,Woodie Flowers
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781610601719

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FIRST Robots: Aim High by Vince Wilczynski,Stephanie Slezycki,Woodie Flowers Pdf

Personal robots are about as advanced today as personal computers were on the eve of the first IBM PC in the early 1980s. They are still the domain of hobbyists who cobble them together from scratch or from kits, join local clubs to swap code and stage contests, and whose labor of love is setting the stage for a technological revolution. This book will deconstruct the 30 regional winning robot designs from the FIRST Robotics Competition in 2006. The FIRST Robotics Competition (held annually and co-founded by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers) is a multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. In 2005 the competition reached close to 25,000 people on close to 1,000 teams in 30 competitions. Teams came from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events that have gained a loyal following because of the high caliber work featured. Each team is paired with a mentor from such companies as Apple, Motorola, or NASA (NASA has sponsored 200 teams in 8 years). This book looks at 30 different robot designs all based on the same chassis, and provides in-depth information on the inspiration and the technology that went into building each of them. Each robot is featured in 6-8 pages providing readers with a solid understanding of how the robot was conceived and built. There are sketches, interim drawings, and process shots for each robot.

Author : Stephanie Slezycki,Vince Wilczynski
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 1592533663

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FIRST Robots by Stephanie Slezycki,Vince Wilczynski Pdf

Personal robots are about as advanced today as personal computers were on the eve of the first IBM PC in the early 1980s. They are still the domain of hobbyists who cobble them together from scratch or from kits, join local clubs to swap code and stage contests, and whose labor of love is setting the stage for a technological revolution. This book will deconstruct the 30 regional winning robot designs from the FIRST Robotics Competition in 2006. The FIRST Robotics Competition (held annually and co-founded by Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers) is a multinational competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. In 2005 the competition reached close to 25,000 people on close to 1,000 teams in 30 competitions. Teams came from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico, the U.K., and almost every U.S. state. The competitions are high-tech spectator sporting events that have gained a loyal following because of the high caliber work featured. Each team is paired with a mentor from such companies as Apple, Motorola, or NASA (NASA has sponsored 200 teams in 8 years). This book looks at 30 different robot designs all based on the same chassis, and provides in-depth information on the inspiration and the technology that went into building each of them. Each robot is featured in 6-8 pages providing readers with a solid understanding of how the robot was conceived and built. There are sketches, interim drawings, and process shots for each robot.

Author : Vince Wilczynski,Stephanie Slezycki
Publisher : Rockport Pub
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1592534112

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FIRST Robots by Vince Wilczynski,Stephanie Slezycki Pdf

"Each outstanding example of engineering and design excellence was reviewed by a panel of experts from industry and academia and judged to be award-worthy in the categories of creativity, design excellence, controllability, and quality. The 30 robots and design teams featured in this book are exemplars: a collection of the finest designs and teams, chosen from over 200 award-winning design teams in the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition." "Team profiles document the design and development process that turn innovative ideas into sophisticated high-performing robots. Trade secrets are unveiled to showcase advanced technology and provide an intimate understanding of what it takes to design and build an award-winning robot."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Vince Wilczynski,Stephanie Slezycki,Dean Kamen,Woodie Flowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1151051225

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FIRST Robots by Vince Wilczynski,Stephanie Slezycki,Dean Kamen,Woodie Flowers Pdf

Personal robots are about as advanced today as personal computers were on the eve of the first IBM PC in the early 1980s.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : PediaPress
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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First by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610596668

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FIRST Robots: Rack 'N' Roll by Anonim Pdf

Author : Heather S. Morrison
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502606594

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Inventors of Health and Medical Technology by Heather S. Morrison Pdf

Ever year, new technologies advance and improve societies. Some of the most influential inventions have occurred in the health and medical field. This book explores important inventors and the inventions that have influenced the medical industry, such as the smallpox vaccine, CT scanners, and DNA cloning.

Author : Melvil Dewey,Richard Rogers Bowker,L. Pylodet,Charles Ammi Cutter,Bertine Emma Weston,Karl Brown,Helen E. Wessells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:39015081490461

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Library Journal by Melvil Dewey,Richard Rogers Bowker,L. Pylodet,Charles Ammi Cutter,Bertine Emma Weston,Karl Brown,Helen E. Wessells Pdf

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Author : Alvin K. Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Inventions
ISBN : PSU:000067584376

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Inventors and Inventions by Alvin K. Benson Pdf

In-depth critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time, from around the world. Features 409 essays covering 413 individual inventors (including twenty seven women).

Author : Neal Bascomb
Publisher : Crown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780307588890

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The New Cool by Neal Bascomb Pdf

A report on genius inventor Dean Kaman's FIRST program follows a team of brilliant, misfit high school students through the program's 2009 robotics competition, during which the teens under the guidance of a dedicated teacher confronted other hopefuls in stadiums throughout the country.

Author : Greg Egan
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473232303

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The Best of Greg Egan by Greg Egan Pdf

Greg Egan is arguably Australia's greatest living science fiction writer. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has produced a steady stream of novels and stories that address a wide range of scientific and philosophical concerns: artificial intelligence, higher mathematics, science vs religion, the nature of consciousness, and the impact of technology on the human personality. All these ideas and more find their way into this generous and illuminating collection, the clear product of a man who is both a master storyteller and a rigorous, exploratory thinker. The Best of Greg Egan contains twenty stories and novellas arranged in chronological order, and each of them is a brilliantly conceived, painstakingly developed gem, including the Hugo Award-winning novella "Oceanic", a powerful account of a boy whose deeply held religious beliefs are undermined by what he comes to learn about the laws of the physical world. This book really does represent the best of Greg Egan, and it therefore takes its place among the best of contemporary SF. Startling, intelligent and always hugely entertaining, it provides an ideal introduction to one of the most accomplished and original writers working today. This is an important and provocative collection, and it deserves a place on the serious science fiction reader's permanent shelf.

Author : Nancy Benovich Gilby
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781633624344

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FIRST Robotics by Nancy Benovich Gilby Pdf

Makers of all ages are creating robots on their own. In this book, students learn more about this recent innovation through detailed explanations built to foster creativity and critical thinking. Fun, engaging text introduces readers to new ideas and builds on maker-related concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information.

Author : Kevin M. Lynch,Frank C. Park
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107156302

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Modern Robotics by Kevin M. Lynch,Frank C. Park Pdf

A modern and unified treatment of the mechanics, planning, and control of robots, suitable for a first course in robotics.

Author : Cliff Zintgraff,Sang C. Suh,Bruce Kellison,Paul E. Resta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030398514

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STEM in the Technopolis: The Power of STEM Education in Regional Technology Policy by Cliff Zintgraff,Sang C. Suh,Bruce Kellison,Paul E. Resta Pdf

This book addresses how forward-thinking local communities are integrating pre-college STEM education, STEM pedagogy, industry clusters, college programs, and local, state and national policies to improve educational experiences, drive local development, gain competitive advantage for the communities, and lead students to rewarding careers. This book consists of three sections: foundational principles, city/regional case studies from across the globe, and state and national context. The authors explore the hypothesis that when pre-college STEM education is integrated with city and regional development, regions can drive a virtuous cycle of education, economic development, and quality of life. Why should pre-college STEM education be included in regional technology policy? When local leaders talk about regional policy, they usually talk about how government, universities and industry should work together. This relationship is important, but what about the hundreds of millions of pre-college students, taught by tens of millions of teachers, supported by hundreds of thousands of volunteers, who deliver STEM education around the world? Leaders in the communities featured in STEM in the Technopolis have recognized the need to prepare students at an early age, and the power of real-world connections in the process. The authors advocate for this approach to be expanded. They describe how STEM pedagogy, priority industry clusters, cross-sector collaboration, and the local incarnations of global development challenges can be made to work together for the good of all citizens in local communities. This book will be of interest to government policymakers, school administrators, industry executives, and non-profit executives. The book will be useful as a reference to teachers, professors, industry professional volunteers, non-profit staff, and program leaders who are developing, running, or teaching in STEM programs or working to improve quality of life in their communities.

Author : Jiafu Wan,Baotong Chen,Shiyong Wang
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000999648

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Smart Manufacturing Factory by Jiafu Wan,Baotong Chen,Shiyong Wang Pdf

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies enable manufacturing systems to sense the environment, adapt to external needs, and extract process knowledge, including business models such as intelligent production, networked collaboration, and extended service models. This book therefore focuses on the implementation of AI in customized manufacturing (CM). The main topics include edge intelligence in manufacturing, heterogeneous networks, intelligent fault diagnosis and maintenance, dynamic resource scheduling in manufacturing, and the construction mode of the smart factory. Based on the insights of CM and AI, the authors demonstrate the implementation of AI in the smart factory for CM, including architecture, information fusion, data analysis, dynamic scheduling, flexible production line construction, and smart manufacturing services. This book will provide important research content for scholars in artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing, machine learning, multi-agent systems, and industrial Internet of Things.