Rack 'n' Roll: 30 Profiles of Award-winning Robot Designs (FIRST Robots: Behind the Design) - Softcover

Wilczynski, Vince; Slezycki, Stephanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592534112 ISBN 13: 9781592534111

Publisher: Rockport Publishers Inc., 2008

Synopsis

This is the second book in the FIRST Robots series. 344 high school teams compete against each other with robots they assembled using a kit of parts provided by FIRST Organization in this "Super Bowl of Smarts," the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition. Founded by Dean Kamen (inventor of the Segueway), the FIRST Organization promotes science education to high school students by sponsoring this annual competition. Kamen, himself, is viewed as a sort of rock star by the students (Kamen writes the foreword in the books). This book will deconstruct the 30 regional winning robot designs from the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition.

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About the Author

Vince Wilczynski, Ph.D., directs the mechanical engineering major at a New England institution of higher education where he has incorporated robotics and homeland security projects into the mechanical engineering curriculum.Stephanie Slezycki is studying Mechanical Engineering in her senior year at the University of Connecticut. She began her involvement in FIRST in 1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rockport Publishers Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592534112
• ISBN 13: 9781592534111
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272