RioBotz Combat Robot Tutorial - Softcover

Meggiolaro, Marco Antonio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1448697050 ISBN 13: 9781448697052

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

Synopsis

Combat robotics is a sport that is practiced world-wide. It attracts all kinds of participants, especially people interested in technology, engineering, machine design, computer science, new technologies and their trends. The competitions involve one-on-one duels between radio-controlled robotic vehicles in a bulletproof arena. RioBotz is the Robotic Competition team from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team is formed by control, mechanical and electrical engineering undergraduate students from the University. This 374-page tutorial tries to summarize the knowledge learned and developed by the team since its creation in 2003. It includes the information on competing as well as designing and building combat robots. This tutorial also includes build reports from all combat robots from RioBotz, including detailed drawings and photos, totaling almost 900 figures.

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About the Author

Marco Antonio Meggiolaro, Ph.D., is a professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) since 2000. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering at PUC-Rio in 1994, having obtained his M.Sc. in this same institution in 1996. He got his Ph.D. summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2000. Prof. Meggiolaro's main research areas are Robotics, Control Engineering and Materials Science, being the author of more than 170 published scientific works and the recipient of more than 50 awards.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1448697050
• ISBN 13: 9781448697052
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380