Introduction to Robotics Engineering for Beginners: Practical Handbook of Robot Design, Electronics, Sensors, Actuators, Arduino & Python Programming, Kinematics, Motion Control, and Hands-On Projects
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- Introduction to Robotics Engineering for Beginners: Practical Handbook of Robot Design, Electronics, Sensors, Actuators, Arduino & Python Programming, Kinematics, Motion Control, and Hands-On Projects
- Author
- Norcrest, Callan
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798166923202
Learn robotics the way engineers practice it: from a clear requirement to a robot that is designed, built or simulated, programmed, measured, controlled, and tested.
This full-color handbook takes adult beginners, students, and technicians from the first question of what a robot really is to a complete mobile robot tested against its own requirements. Every idea is explained in plain language first, shown in a labeled diagram, worked through with every unit and step, applied to a real design decision, and then tested. Mathematics arrives only when it is needed, with each symbol and unit defined.
One robot ties the whole book together. AP-1, the Autonomous Practice Robot, is a compact, low-voltage, two-wheel differential-drive robot developed in ten stages: requirements, mechanical design, power and electronics, sensors, first motion, measured motion with encoders, PID speed control, autonomous behavior, simulation, and a final acceptance test campaign with an engineering test report. Readers without hardware can follow a simulation or calculation pathway; every essential instruction, diagram, and program is printed in the book.
Inside you will learn to:
- Write measurable requirements and choose a design with a weighted decision matrix
- Design a chassis, place the center of gravity, and size wheels, gears, and drivetrains
- Select motors from torque-speed data and choose a current-limited motor driver that survives a stall
- Plan protected battery power, fuses, a star ground, and an emergency stop with a relay restart lock
- Read schematics and build divider, pull-up, flyback, and MOSFET circuits
- Calibrate ultrasonic and time-of-flight sensors and understand encoders and IMUs
- Program the Arduino UNO R4 WiFi with non-blocking, fail-safe firmware
- Log, plot, and simulate robot data in Python, and build a framed serial link with a watchdog
- Apply differential-drive kinematics, odometry, and calibration
- Tune PI and PID control with anti-windup, and build behavior with state machines
- Explore occupancy grids, A* planning, waypoint following, and introductory vision
- Take a first, version-pinned step into ROS 2 Jazzy and Gazebo Harmonic
- Understand robot arms, payload torque, trajectories, and workcell safety
Built for real learning: 64 worked examples, 12 labs, 27 troubleshooting cases, 126 guided tasks and exercises with complete worked solutions, 149 original figures and schematics, 54 code listings and test files printed in full with their testing status stated, formula sheets, worksheets, a glossary, and verified references.
Written for adult beginners, undergraduate engineering and technology students, vocational learners, technicians, and serious hobbyists. No prior robotics experience is assumed; high-school algebra and a willingness to work carefully are enough.
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