The Ultimate Palm Robot
Osborne/McGraw-Hill (Publisher)
Published on 28. May 2003
Book
Mixed media product
304 pages
978-0-07-222880-9 (ISBN)
Description
Got an old Palm lying around? This step-by-step guide shows how to turn it into a robot. Incuding proprietary software designed specially for Osborne, it allows hobbyists to have fun with their Palm robot once they've built it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
150ill.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-222880-9 (9780072228809)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Kevin Mukhar (Colorado Springs, CO), a software developer for Lockheed Martin in Denver, is a programmer and writer. He has been programming as a hobbyist since the early days of the Commodore 64. He has dabbled in everything from programming HP calculators to programming Java on the Palm OS. Mukhar has written numerous articles and is the co-author of several books including Beginning Java Databases and Oracle 9i Java Programming (both published by Wrox Press). He served as Technical Editor for Dave Johnson's recent book Robot Invasion: 7 Cool & Easy Robot Projects. He is currently working on a masters degree in computer science. Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, CO) knows Palms and robots! Dave has a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Rutgers University, and has written about technology for 15 years. His magazine credits include such publications as Wired, Handheld Computing Magazine, PC World Magazine, and Family PC Magazine. He also hosted a call-in talk radio show on technology for two years. Johnson was a contributing author to Build Your Own Combat Robot, and is the author of 18 books, including the best-sellers How to Do Everything with Your Palm Handheld (written with Rick Broida) and How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera, as well as Robot Invasion: 7 Cool & Easy Robot Projects.
Content
Introduction; Ch. 1: Meeting the Palm; Ch. 2: All About the Parts; Ch. 3: Building the Bot; Ch. 4: Working with Other Palm Models; Ch. 5: Playing with Software; Ch. 6: The Palm Robot Programmer (PRP); Ch. 7: Advanced Palm Robot Programming; Ch. 8: Sensors and Enhancements; Ch. 9: Robots Galore