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Press:  Build Your Own Combat Robot

Book: Build Your Own Combat Robot
Authors: Pete Miles, Tom Carroll
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne. Copyright 2002
Book excerpts:

Build a Powerful and Invincible Robot -

     "For full-blown competition or just for fun-using this authoritative robot resource. This team of experts gives you an inside look at the innovative new world of robotic combat, explaining the origins of the sport as well as all the elements that go into constructing a fighting robot. You'll learn technical basics from motors and wiring to locomotion, and read builders' true stories from the front lines of robot competition. Whether you're mechanically minded or not, you'll find this book both entertaining and informative. Fully capturing the spirit of the sport, this detailed guide shows you how an imagination and a few bits of metal can start you on your way to construction your won champion bot."

-Quoted directly from back cover.

  M5 in the Press:
Jamie and Blendo appear in Pete Miles' book on how to make combat robots.

     

    Jamie Hyneman in the pit sharpening his robot "BLENDO."

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