Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton)

Robot builder's bonanza, Gordon McComb

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Robot builder's bonanza

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1080526719

Gordon McComb

"The book clearly explains the essential hardware, circuits, and brains and contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step plans for low-cost, cool robotics projects ..."--Provided by publisher. microcontrollers, and remote control systems

Part 1: Art and science of robot making. 1. Become a robot master -- 2. Anatomy of a robot -- 3. The safe and sane guide to robot building -- Part 2: Building robots. 4. Getting parts -- 5. Robot building 101 -- 6. Robots from household stuff -- 7. Robots of wood -- 8. Robots of plastic -- 9. Robots of metal -- 10. Building bots with digital fabrication -- 11. Putting things together -- Part 3: Making your robot move. 12. Batteries and power -- 13. How to move your robot -- 14. Using DC motors -- 15. Using servo motors -- 16. Mounting motors and wheels -- Part 4: Make your first robot. 17. Build robots with wheels -- 18. Build robots with tracks -- 19. Build robots with legs -- 20. Build robotic arms and grippers -- Part 5: Robot electronics. 21. Robot electronics - the basics -- 22. Common electronic components for robotics -- 23. Making circuits -- Part 6: Robot brains. 24. All about robot gray matter -- 25. Using the Arduino -- 26. Using the BBC Micro:bit -- 27. Using the Raspberry Pi -- 28. More microcontrollers for robots -- 29. Interfacing hardware with your microcontroller -- Part 7: Robot sensors. 30. Touch -- 31. Proximity and distance -- 32. Navigation -- 33. Environment -- Part 8: Interacting with your robot. 34. Operating your bot via remote control -- 35. Producing sound -- 36. Visual feedback from your robot -- Part 9: Online robot projects. 37. Make light-seeking robots -- 38. Mark R/C toys into robots -- 39. Make line-following robots -- 40. Make robot arms -- Appendix: RBB support site

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