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Published inNov 2021
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ISBN-139781801075572
Edition1st Edition
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Ashwin Shah
Ashwin Shah
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Ashwin Shah

Ashwin Shah is an Electronics and Communication engineer from India. Teaching is his passion and he started working at the tender age of 16 as a doubt solver for younger kids at after-school classes. Today, he is a successful edupreneur who runs his own STEM-based robotics, coding, and IoT institute - RoboFun Lab. Being one of the pioneers of STEM education in India, he has taught over 3000 students and trained 200+ educators thus far. He has trained 100+ teams for prestigious STEM competitions with 50+ national and 12+ international awards in the bag. Most of his students are now pursuing careers/education in STEM at prominent universities. Ashwin was a state-level badminton player during his college days.
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In this chapter, you learned how to build a robot that can move forward and backward without wheels. You also learned about various ways in which things can move even without wheels, such as by hopping or slithering. A new programming block called brick light was introduced, which can change the light color of the BOOST Hub brick. You also learned the difference between rotation-based and seconds-based programming, with their respective advantages and disadvantages. In the next chapter, you will learn how to build a basic robot with wheels and learn more about programming, making your robot turn, and making shapes such as squares, circles, and triangles.

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Ashwin Shah

Ashwin Shah is an Electronics and Communication engineer from India. Teaching is his passion and he started working at the tender age of 16 as a doubt solver for younger kids at after-school classes. Today, he is a successful edupreneur who runs his own STEM-based robotics, coding, and IoT institute - RoboFun Lab. Being one of the pioneers of STEM education in India, he has taught over 3000 students and trained 200+ educators thus far. He has trained 100+ teams for prestigious STEM competitions with 50+ national and 12+ international awards in the bag. Most of his students are now pursuing careers/education in STEM at prominent universities. Ashwin was a state-level badminton player during his college days.
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