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Originally Posted by Monochron
Wow, I'm surprised that I hadn't heard about any of these books before. I may get the 2007 version for my team but can anyone give me a quick synopsis of what is in the book? For instance, does it give details on the parts and methods used to build the robots? Basically, is there enough detail on the robots that someone could emulate the processes used?
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They are books filled full of desire and envy. They are evil. They show what really smart roboteers can do with paper and spit. OK that and a milling machine. They will spin you into a deep hole of "what we could be".
Each robot presented has a focus so they go "we built a base and a claw and some other stuff but this is the details about X". As a collection they are a great resource for ideas on how other teams solved problems in a creative way. There isn't 'detail' but you can figure out what they did and replicate it if you needed to.
I've got the earlier books and will be buying this book. They are a recommended read across the Christmas Holiday break so your mind is bubbling with ideas for kickoff.