Includes bibliographical references and index

Becoming a robot master -- Anatomy of a robot -- The safe and sane guide to robot building -- Getting parts -- Robot building 101 -- Robots from household stuff -- Robots of wood -- Robots of plastic -- Robots of metal -- Building bots with digital fabrication -- Putting things together -- Batteries and power -- How to move your robot -- Using DC motors -- Using servo motors -- Mounting motors and wheels -- Build robots with wheels -- Build robots with tracks -- Build robots with legs -- Build robotic arms and grippers -- Robot electronics: the basics -- Common electronic components for robotics -- Making circuits -- All about robot gray matter -- Using the Arduino -- Using the BBC Micro:bit -- Using the Raspberry Pi -- More microcontrollers for robots -- Interfacing hardware with your microcontroller -- Touch -- Proximity and distance -- Navigation -- Environment -- Operating your bot via remote control -- Producing sound -- Visual feedback from your robot --Make light-seeking robots -- Make R/C toys into robots -- Make line-following robots -- Make robot arms

"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