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final words, 315 research, 306–308 Children, presence of, 37 Chirps defined, 180 Chrome steel, 187 Circuits servo mixing, 154 using prototyping boards for electronic, 336–337 Clamp bots, 215–217 clamp design, 215–216 strategy, 216–217 Classes Botbash walking robot weight, 12 Botbash wheeled robot weight, 12 fully autonomous robot, 253–256 international robot sumo, 299–303 Coils of relays, 131 Cold-rolled steel, 188 Combat future of robot, 330–332 history of robot, 7 Combat events, various robotic, 3 Combat floors, traction on, 54 Combat robot competitions, 5–17 Combat robotics hobby ESCs, 145–146 world of, 2 Combat robots autonomous, 4 building, 18 building not cheap ventures, 36 failures of, 195 implementing sensors in, 248–250
selecting wheels for, 51–52 Combat robots are remote controlled, most, 4 Combating radio interference, 171 Combinations drill/battery/charger, 99 wheel/tire, 53 Combustion engines, internal, 76–77 Combustion motors, internal, 62 Commands, movement, 158 Commercial electronic speed controllers, 4QD speed controller, 152–153 Commercial ESCs (electronic speed controllers), 143–155 Commercial speed reducers, 123 Common sense, using, 38 Comparing amp hour capacities, 86–87 batteries with similar 6-minute capacities, 89 SLA, NiCad, and NiMH run-time capacities, 86 Competing in contests six months away, 33 Competition automated, 331 divisions, 4 FIRST (for inspiration and recognition of science and technology) robotics, 175 FIRST Robotics, 14 inaugural year of FIRST, 15 Competition robots, 24
Competition robots, welcome to, 1–18 combat robot competitions, 5–17 robots defined, 5 scope of this book, 17–18 Competitions, combat robot, 5–17 Compliance, failsafe, 179–180 Compromise game of, 29–30 level of, 29 Computer aided design (CAD), 24, 28, 110, 308 designing robots on paper or, 30 software, 110, 308 Computer radios, 169 Computerized receivers, radio systems with, 180 Computing power, electronics and, 22 Conception, 308–310 Conductive liquid switches, 247 Configurations ideal antenna, 173 wheel, 50–51 Connectors crimp style, 339–340 soldering, 339 Constant standoff distances, 252–253 Constants determining motor, 67–68 motor-speed, 63 motor-torque, 63 Construct robots, tools needed to, 193–194