Robot Making: Beginner's Guide

Author: David Cook (USA), translated by Cui Weina and others
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Ignite your mind, activate your wisdom! Develop creativity, inspire imagination, and enhance hands-on skills! · See how the book uses over 400 pictures! With no prior experience, you can become a weekend warrior robot-making master. Discover the true uses of a simple sandwich box. Learn from the book's author, who runs the popular robot website http://www.Robotroom.com. Mastering robotics through self-study is not easy, so encouragement and help from others are very beneficial. Robotics for Beginners not only helps readers understand the various components used in robot development but also provides technical guidance for independent creation. The book is based on David Cook's analysis of a homemade robot, offering the best advice on successfully completing robot projects for readers. The entire book provides a unified table for purchasing tools and parts used, along with recommendations for special components. Additionally, readers will learn basic installation knowledge, as well as units of measurement and counting. An in-depth analysis of digital multimeters provides all the information needed to choose and purchase this valuable tool. The book also covers other tools and parts, such as motors, wheels, resistors, wire strippers, needle-nose pliers, taps and dies, alligator clips, LEDs, solderless breadboards, soldering irons, heat shrink tubing, photoresistors, transistors, chips, gears, nut wrenches, screws, grinding wheels, connectors, and batteries. Robotics for Beginners is an exciting book that offers foundational and practical knowledge for readers preparing to start robot projects. From the perspective of an amateur robot builder, the book meticulously and simply explains the process of making a homemade robot. The entire book is structured around building a line-following robot, including tool usage, component selection, control circuit construction, robot body fabrication, and operation debugging. The book is simple, easy to understand, and provides detailed descriptions, considering potential problems readers might encounter during the process and offering solutions for debugging circuits and troubleshooting. In addition to being a guide for robot making, the book is also suitable as a supplementary textbook for extracurricular science and technology activities for middle school students.