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Robot builder's bonanza / Gordon McComb

By: McComb, Gordon [author].
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2019Edition: Fifth edition.Description: xxv, 673 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781260135015.Subject(s): RoboticsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
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
Summary: "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
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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

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