123 Robotics Experiments For The Evil Genius

Description

* Introduces you to robotics, electronics, and programming for robotics step-by-step -- you dont need to be a science whiz to get started, but you will be when you have finished

* Vividly explains the science behind robots and the technologies needed to build them, including: Electronics;
Mechanical assembly; Motors and batteries; Programming and microcontrollers

* Shows how you can create simple robots and models using materials found around the house and workroom

* Requires only inexpensive, easily obtained parts and tools

* 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

* Gives you directions for building a maze-solving robot, two different designs for a light-seeking robot, an artificial intelligence program that will respond to you, and much more

* Explains underlying principles and suggests other applications

* Supplies parts lists and program listings

IMAGINATIVE EXPERIMENTS THAT TEACH THE BASICS -- WHILE PROVIDING HOURS OF FUN!

Contents

   Mykes Rules of Robotics
   Section One: Introduction to Robotics
   Section Two: Robot Structures
   Section Three: Basic Electrical Theory
   Section Four: Magnetic Devices
   Section Five: Drivetrains
   Section Six: Semiconductors
   Section Seven: Our Friend, the 555 Chip
   Section Eight: Optoelectronics
   Section Nine: Audio Electronics
   Section Ten: Digital Logic
   Section Eleven: Power Supplies
   Section Twelve: Sequential Logic Circuits
   Section Thirteen: Learning to Program Using the Parallax BASIC Stamp 2
   Section Fourteen: Interfacing Hardware to the BASIC Stamp 2
   Section Fifteen: Sensors
   Section Sixteen: Mobile Robots
   Section Seventeen: Navigation
    PBASIC REFERENCE
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    INDEX
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR