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Robotics: SENSE, THINK, MOVE: THE BUILDER'S LAB: Hands On Robotics Projects to Build, Test, and Improve
Paperback
Series: Robotics: Sense, Think, Move, Book 2
Math & ComputersScience & Nature
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 10 2026
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.19 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
What if your child could stop reading about robots and start building them?
The Builder's Lab takes young builders from their first simple circuit to a robot they design themselves.
This is a book for kids who want to build something real, see it work, figure out why it works, and make it better.
They begin with lights, switches, buzzers, motors, and simple circuits, then progress to programming a microcontroller, working with sensors, controlling motors, and building robots that can sense, decide, and move on their own.
INSIDE THE BUILDER'S LAB, THEY WILL:- Build and test real electronic circuits
- Program a microcontroller
- Work with light, distance, sound, and motion sensors
- Control LEDs, buzzers, servos, and motors
- Use code to make decisions
- Build a rolling robot base
- Create a line following robot
- Build an obstacle avoiding robot
- Design and build their own mini robot
The projects progress step by step.
PART 1: WARM UP BUILDS
Build simple circuits using lights, sounds, switches, and motors.
PART 2: MEET THE MICROCONTROLLER
Write your first programs and learn how code controls physical components.
PART 3: TEACH YOUR ROBOT TO SENSE
Use sensors to detect light, distance, sound, and motion.
PART 4: TEACH YOUR ROBOT TO DECIDE AND MOVE
Combine sensors, code, and motors to create robots that respond to their surroundings.
PART 5: BUILD YOUR OWN
Use everything you have learned to design a robot based on your own idea.
Every project includes what you need, clear building steps, working code, an explanation of how it works, and a Make It Better challenge for taking the project further.
The book also includes an Engineer's Build Log where young builders can record their plans, materials, test results, and ideas for improvement.
REAL BUILDING. REAL CODE. REAL ENGINEERING.A low cost beginner electronics kit can be used for the physical projects, and every project can also be built and tested using a free online circuit simulator.
Along the way, young builders discover something even more valuable than how a robot works.
They learn how to solve problems when things go wrong, test their ideas, learn from the results, and improve their designs.
By the end, they have wired circuits, written code, worked with sensors, controlled motors, built working robots, and created something of their own.
And that is where robotics becomes more than a collection of projects.
It becomes a way of thinking.
Have an idea. Build it. Test it. Improve it.
Your idea. Your build. Your robot.
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