Gearheads : the turbulent rise of robotic sports /
Stone, Brad.
Gearheads : the turbulent rise of robotic sports / Gear heads Brad Stone. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003. - xvi, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Age of robot wars -- Purist -- Beginnings -- Robot wars years -- Courtrooms and other arena of violent combat -- Attack of the human money bots -- Ice age -- Thorpus delicti -- Exalted stage -- Square of 2.70 -- Marc Thorpe vs. robot wars -- Final showdown.
An exploration of the pop culture phenomenon of fighting robots considers the individuals who build them and the cable television show, Battlebots, discussing what fighting robot technology may mean for military weaponry.
0743229517 (pbk.) 9780743229517 (pbk.)
BattleBots (Television program)
Robots--Design and construction--History.
Robots--Diseño y construcción--Historia.
TJ 211 / S877g 2003
796.15
Gearheads : the turbulent rise of robotic sports / Gear heads Brad Stone. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003. - xvi, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Age of robot wars -- Purist -- Beginnings -- Robot wars years -- Courtrooms and other arena of violent combat -- Attack of the human money bots -- Ice age -- Thorpus delicti -- Exalted stage -- Square of 2.70 -- Marc Thorpe vs. robot wars -- Final showdown.
An exploration of the pop culture phenomenon of fighting robots considers the individuals who build them and the cable television show, Battlebots, discussing what fighting robot technology may mean for military weaponry.
0743229517 (pbk.) 9780743229517 (pbk.)
BattleBots (Television program)
Robots--Design and construction--History.
Robots--Diseño y construcción--Historia.
TJ 211 / S877g 2003
796.15