| View Larger Image | Combat Robot Weapons | Paperbackby Chris Hannold (Author)
| List Price: | $26.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 288 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 27, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 825,437th |
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Product Description
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, 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 Dagoth's upgrade plans from a wedge bot with spike to a vertical spinner bot with a secondary wedge. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 1 review)
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Enjoyable Reading by Mark Joerger (Salem, OR USA)  4 Stars
December 08, 2006
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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