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Robot Building for Beginners View Larger Image | David Cook
Apress, Paperback, Published January 2002, 568 pages, ISBN 1893115445 | List Price: $29.95
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About the book
Robot Building for Beginners is a wonderful book that provides basic,
practical knowledge on getting started in amateur robotics. Short chapters are
perfectly suited for bedtime reading. It contains step-by-step instructions
and small, hands-on experiments, including a line-following robot that the reader
builds out of a sandwich container. By the end, the reader will make a palm-size
solar robot and is also introduced to contests and potential project plans.
- Over 400 photographs!
- Complete instructions on building a fun and easy homemade line-following
robot
- Author hosts the popular robot site http://www.robotroom.com/
Author David Cook begins with the anatomy of a homemade robot and advice on
how to proceed successfully. General sources for tools and parts are provided
in a consolidated listing and with specific part references throughout each
chapter. Basic safety and numbering systems are also covered.
An in-depth analysis of digital multimeters gives the reader all the information
they need to select and obtain this valuable tool for themselves. Other tools
and parts include: wire strippers, wire cutters, needle nose pliers, tap and
die, nine-volt batteries, wire, alligator clips, LEDs, resistors, solderless
breadboards, soldering irons, solder, flux, heat-shrink tubing, photoresistors,
transistors, chips, motors, gears, wheels, nutdrivers, screws, bolts, cut-off
wheels, and connectors.
Author Information
David Cook - David Cook is an engineering section manager
at Motorola. He has 20 years of experience as a software developer, creating
everything from award-winning computer games to mobile background-check applications
for police. Having self-taught himself electronics and basic mechanics, he comfortably
relates his recent years of robot experiences to the average backyard scientist,
without scholarly intimidation.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Welcome
Robot Inventor!
- Chapter 2: Where
to Obtain Tools and Parts
- Chapter 3: Safety
- Chapter 4: Digital
Multimeter
- Chapter 5: Numbers
and Units
- Chapter 6: Robot
Line-Following
- Chapter 7: Nine-Volt
Batteries
- Chapter 8: Clips
and Test Leads
- Chapter 9: Resistors
- Chapter 10: LEDs
- Chapter 11: Power
On!
- Chapter 12: Solderless
Prototyping
- Chapter 13: Solderless
Breadboard Setup
- Chapter 14: Variable
Resistors
- Chapter 15: Comparator
- Chapter 16: Transistor
Switches
- Chapter 17: DC
Motors
- Chapter 18: Adding
Gearhead Motors
- Chapter 19: Wheels
- Chapter 20: Coupler
- Chapter 21: Soldering
Equipment
- Chapter 22: Soldering
and Connecting
- Chapter 23: The
Motherboard
- Chapter 24: Body
Building
- Chapter 25: Launching
the Line-Follower
- Chapter 26: Encore
- Index
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