
Robot Builder's Bonanza
Gordon McComb(Author)
McGraw-Hill Education (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 9. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-1-260-13501-5 (ISBN)
Description
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The bestselling guide to hobby robotics-fully updated for the latest technologies!
Learn to build your own robots using the hands-on information contained in this thoroughly revised TAB guide. Written by the "godfather of hobby robotics," 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. Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fifth Edition contains more than two dozen new projects for hobbyists of all ages and skill levels. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable custom robots.
Discover how to:
*Wire up robotics circuits from common electronic components*Get up and running building your own robots*Attach motors, wheels, legs, arms, and grippers*Make your robots walk, talk, and obey commands*Build brains from Arduino, BBC Micro:bit, Raspberry Pi, and other microcontrollers*Incorporate touch, proximity, navigation, and environmental sensors*Operate your 'bot via remote control *Generate sound and interpret visual feedback*Construct advanced robots that can see light and follow pre-drawn paths!
The bestselling guide to hobby robotics-fully updated for the latest technologies!
Learn to build your own robots using the hands-on information contained in this thoroughly revised TAB guide. Written by the "godfather of hobby robotics," 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. Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fifth Edition contains more than two dozen new projects for hobbyists of all ages and skill levels. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable custom robots.
Discover how to:
*Wire up robotics circuits from common electronic components*Get up and running building your own robots*Attach motors, wheels, legs, arms, and grippers*Make your robots walk, talk, and obey commands*Build brains from Arduino, BBC Micro:bit, Raspberry Pi, and other microcontrollers*Incorporate touch, proximity, navigation, and environmental sensors*Operate your 'bot via remote control *Generate sound and interpret visual feedback*Construct advanced robots that can see light and follow pre-drawn paths!
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
OH
United States
Illustrations
300 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1291 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-260-13501-5 (9781260135015)
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Gordon McComb
Robot Builder's Bonanza, 5th Edition
E-Book
12/2018
1st Edition
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Person
Gordon McComb is an avid electronics hobbyist and is the author of 50 books and over thousand magazine articles. He wrote the best-selling Robot Builder's Bonanza the most popular book on amateur robotics, as well as Robot Builder's Sourcebook, Gordon McComb's Gadgeteer's Goldmine, and Laser Cookbook.