123 robotics experiments for the evil genius

Book

123 robotics experiments for the evil genius / Myke Predko.

Summary:

"If you enjoy tinkering in your workshop and have a fascination for robotics, you'll have hours of fun working through the 123 experiments found in this innovative project book. More than just an enjoyable way to spend time, these exciting experiments also provide a solid grounding in robotics, electronics, and programming. Each experiment builds on the skills acquired in those before it so you develop a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts understanding of robotics -- from the ground up. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0071413588
ISBN: 9780071413589
ISBN: 007141360X
ISBN: 9780071413602
Physical Description: ix, 355 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Provides a PCB (printed circuit board) that will make it easy to create the circuits used in this book as well as your own experiments"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Myke's Rules of Robotics -- Section 1. Introduction to Robots -- Experiment 1. Toilet Paper Roll Mandroid -- Experiment 2. Pipe Cleaner Insect -- Experiment 3. LEGO Mobile Robots -- Experiment 4. Cardboard Arm -- Section 2. Robot Structures -- Experiment 5. Cutting Plywood -- Experiment 6. Strengthening Structures -- Experiment 7. Finishing Wood -- Experiment 8. Gaggle of Glues -- Experiment 9. Nuts and Bolts -- Experiment 10. Soldering and Splicing Wires -- Experiment 11. Assembling the Included PCB -- Section 3. Basic Electrical Theory -- Experiment 12. Electrical Circuits and Switches -- Experiment 13. Electrical Circuits and Switches -- Experiment 14. Voltage Measurement -- Experiment 15. Resistors and Voltage Drops -- Experiment 16. Current Measurement and Ohm's Law -- Experiment 17. Kirchoff's Voltage Law and Series Loads -- Experiment 18. Variable Resistors.