Rob Ives is a UK-based designer and paper engineer. He began making cardboard models as a maths and science teacher, then was asked to create two books of models. His published titles include Paper Models that Rock! and Paper Automata. He is also the author of Build It! Make It! Super Engineer and Build It! Make It! Mini Battle Machines, recent titles from Beetle Books. He specializes in paper animations and projects, and often visits schools to talk about design technology and demonstrate his models.