
viiIntroduction
something from scratch, whether it’s an art project, building a treehouse,
rebuilding a go-kart engine, or even designing a custom robot. I had no
doubt I would become an engineer.
Unfortunately, I had a problem: I was terrible at math—or, at least, I was
convinced I was. All the data I had available to me suggested there was
no way I could become an engineer, and by the time I was ready to begin
my college career, I was convinced I wasn’t smart enough to do so. If I
now were to tell my younger self I was writing a robotics book—with math
involved—I don’t think I’d believe myself! And now, as an adult, working as
the makerspac ...