Robot Building for Beginners

David Cook

568 pages, parution le 08/02/2002

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Résumé

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.

Learning robotics by yourself isn't easy. It helps when the encouragement comes from someone who's been there. Not only does Robot Building for Beginners assist the reader in understanding a particular piece, but prepares them with techniques to learn new parts on their own.

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, snips, hack saws, needle nose pliers, tap and die, nine-volt batteries, wire, alligator clips, LEDs, capacitors, resistors, solderless breadboards, soldering irons, solder, flux, heat-shrink tubing, photosensors, transistors, chips, motors, gears, wheels, screwdrivers, wrenches, nutdrivers, screws, bolts, hot glue, and solar panels.

Contents

Preface

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
Chapter 27: Appendix

Index

L'auteur - 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.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Apress
Auteur(s)	David Cook
Parution	08/02/2002
Nb. de pages	568
Format	18,6 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1181g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781893115446
ISBN13	978-1-893115-44-6