Robot building for beginners

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cook David, (David Alan)
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online servie)
Published: Apress Distributed to the Book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag,
Publisher Address: Berkeley, CA New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Technology in action
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2749-6
Carrier Form: xxxiv, 453 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781430227496 (electr. bk.)
1430227494
1430227486
9781430227489
Index Number: TP242
CLC: TP242
Contents: Includes index.
Welcome robot inventor! -- Where to obtain tools and parts -- Safety -- Digital multimeter -- Numbers and units -- Robot line-following -- Nine-volt batteries -- Clips and test leads -- Resistors -- LEDs -- Power on! -- Solderless prototyping -- Solderless breadboard setup -- Variable resistors -- Comparators -- Transistor switches -- DC motors -- Adding gearhead motors -- Wheels -- Coupler -- Soldering equipment -- Soldering and connecting -- The motherboard -- Body building -- Launching the line-follower -- Encore.
"Robot Building for Beginners [2nd ed.] is an update of David Cook's best-selling Robot Building for Beginners. This book continues its aim at teenagers and adults who have an avid interest in science and dream of building household explorers. No formal engineering education is assumed"--Resource description p.