Constructing Robot Bases (Tab Electronics) - Softcover

McComb, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071408525 ISBN 13: 9780071408523

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2003

Synopsis

This book provides everything you need to build a working robot base - from the author of "Robot Builder's Bonanza". Here is the first title in the innovative new "Robot DNA" series from McGraw-Hill, the premier publisher of references for the robotics hobbyist. Author Gordon McComb focuses on the basic concepts and specific applications you need to build efficient robot bases - and have a great time in the process. In the clear, easy-to-follow style that has made him a favourite among robotics fans, Gordon tells you how to get things up and running using only inexpensive, easily-obtained parts and simple testing equipment. Detailed enough to get the job done, but written with the amateur hobbyist in mind, "Constructing Robot Bases" is your first point of reference when designing and building this essential subsystem. It offers all the data you need to build your own robot base: Mechanical Construction; Electrical Construction; Operating Power; Robot Designs; Constructing a Two-Wheeled Rover Robot; Selecting the right materials; Glossary of Terms; Tables, Formulas, and Constants; and Resources (books, web pages, list servers, clubs, suppliers, etc.)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BUILD A WORKING ROBOT BASE --- FROM THE AUTHOR OF ROBOT BUILDER'S BONANZA

Here is the first title in the innovative new ROBOT DNA SERIES from McGraw-Hill, the premier publisher of references for the robotics hobbyist.

Author Gordon McComb focuses on the basic concepts and specific applications you need to build efficient robot bases -- and have a great time in the process. In the clear, easy-to-follow style that has made him a favorite among robotics fans, Gordon tells you how to get things up and running using only inexpensive, easily-obtained parts and simple testing equipment.

Detailed enough to get the job done, but written with the amateur hobbyist in mind, "Constructing Robot Bases" is your first point of reference when designing and building this essential subsystem.

ALL THE DATA YOU NEED TO BUILD YOUR OWN ROBOT BASE:
* Mechanical Construction
* Electrical Construction
* Operating Power
* Robot Designs
* Constructing a Two-Wheeled Rover Robot
* Selecting the right materials
* Glossary of Terms
* Tables, Formulas, and Constants
* Resources (books, web pages, list servers, clubs, suppliers, etc.)

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0071408525
• ISBN 13: 9780071408523
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368