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Building Your Own Robots: Design and Build Your First Robot!
Fun robotics projects that teach kids to make, hack, and learn! There's no better way for kids to learn about the world around them than to test how things work. Building Your Own Robots presents fun robotics projects that children aged 7 � 11 can complete with common household items and old toys. The projects introduce core robotics concepts while keeping tasks simple and easy to follow, and the vivid, full-color graphics keep your kid's eyes on the page as they work through the projects.
Brought to you by the trusted For Dummies brand, this kid-focused book offers your child a fun and easy way to start learning big topics! They'll gain confidence as they design and build a self-propelled vehicle, hack an old remote control car to create a motorized robot, and use simple commands to build and program a virtual robot—all while working on their own and enjoying a sense of accomplishment!
Offers a kid-friendly design that is heavy on eye-popping graphics Focuses on basic projects that set your child on the road to further exploration Boasts a small, full-color, accessible package that instills confidence in the reader Introduces basic robotics concepts to kids in a language they can understand If your youngster loves to tinker, they'll have a whole lot of fun while developing their creative play with the help of Building Your Own Robots.
Brought to you by the trusted For Dummies brand, this kid-focused book offers your child a fun and easy way to start learning big topics! They'll gain confidence as they design and build a self-propelled vehicle, hack an old remote control car to create a motorized robot, and use simple commands to build and program a virtual robot—all while working on their own and enjoying a sense of accomplishment!
Offers a kid-friendly design that is heavy on eye-popping graphics Focuses on basic projects that set your child on the road to further exploration Boasts a small, full-color, accessible package that instills confidence in the reader Introduces basic robotics concepts to kids in a language they can understand If your youngster loves to tinker, they'll have a whole lot of fun while developing their creative play with the help of Building Your Own Robots.
127 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 16, 2016
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September 12, 2018
This book is great for what it is, which is a set of practical, down-in-the-homebrewed-components instructions that let kids (or beginning adults) build some simple robots. The instructions are clear, to the point of being repetitive at times, since they don't assume you've done/read the earlier builds if you're working on a later one. And the materials called out are easy to find, and cheap or sometimes essentially free, depending on what you have around the house.
What this is not is any kind of textbook or reference work on robotics. If you're looking for organized definitions and principles and theory, or any kind of instructions that'll let you enter your own Battlebot in next season's competition, keep looking. But this is an excellent book for a ground-level beginner who wants to make some mobile toys, have fun, and learn a few things while doing it.
What this is not is any kind of textbook or reference work on robotics. If you're looking for organized definitions and principles and theory, or any kind of instructions that'll let you enter your own Battlebot in next season's competition, keep looking. But this is an excellent book for a ground-level beginner who wants to make some mobile toys, have fun, and learn a few things while doing it.
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