robot building

Making mechanical servants

Robot building is the activity of designing and constructing robots, whether as a hobby, educational pursuit, or professional field.

The term spans everything from children assembling kits to engineers developing industrial machines: She got into robot building through a middle school competition.

Robot building competitions have become popular in schools and maker communities.

Related

motors · sensors · chassis · programming · power supply · Arduino · prototype · gears · actuators · controller · remote control · batteries · servo motor · mechanics · bolts · screws · aluminum · nuts and bolts

Opposites
physical vs. virtual creation

robot buildingsoftware development

Creating computer programs

app development · web development · digital design · computer programming · software engineering

construction vs. destruction

robot buildingdemolition

Deliberate structural destruction

disassembly · scrapping · deconstruction · junking · wrecking

automation vs. manual craft

robot buildingmanual labor

Work done bodily

hand weaving · handcrafting · traditional craftsmanship · handicraft · folk crafts

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G