Robot Building for Beginners provides basic, practicalknowledge on getting started in amateur robotics. Short chaptersare perfectly suited for bedtime reading. It contains step-bystep instructions and small, hands-on experiments, including aline-following robot that the reader builds out of a sandwichcontainer. By the end, the reader will make a palm-size solarrobot and is also introduced to contests and potential projectplans.Author David Cook begins with the anatomy of a homemade robotand advice on how to proceed successfully. General sources fortools and parts are provided in a consolidated listing and withspecific part references throughout each chapter. Basic safetyand numbering systems are also covered. INDICE: 1. Welcome Robot Inventor!- 2. Where to Obtain Tools and Parts.3. Safety.- 4. Digital Multimeter.- 5. Numbers and Units.- 6.Robot Line-Following.- 7. Nine-Volt Batteries.- 8. Clips andTest Leads .- 9. Resistors.- 10. LEDs.- 11. Power On!- 12. Solderless Prototyping.- 13. Solderless Breadboards Setup.- 14. Variable Resistors.- 15. Comparator.- 16. Transistor Switches.17. DC Motors.- 18. Gearhead Motors.- 19. Wheels.- 20. Connections.- 21. Assembling theLine-Following Robot.- 22. Testing theLine-Following Robot.- 23. Palm-Size Solar Robot.- 24. Capacitors.- 25. Assembling and Testing the Solar Robot.- 26. VoltageRegulation.- 27. Logic Chips.- 28. Introduction to the Microcontroller.- 29. Amateur Contests.- 30. Potential Robot Projects.
- ISBN: 978-1-4302-2748-9
- Editorial: APRESS
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 450
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés