Robot Builder's Bonanza

Everybody's favorite amateur robotics book is bigger, bolder, and better than ever! Readers at Amazon say: "It's not just good. It's greeaaaaaaaaaat! Awesome book." "The projects are simple to build and give the beginner an excellent foundation in robotics." "This is an excellent book for beginners. The author provides the pros and cons out of his own experiences."*Robots that walk, see, feel, talk, listen, and think. Remote-controlled robots and robots that find their own way. A robotic arm and a robotic bug. Robots made from toys, and robots controlled by computers. Robots with "brains." You can build them all from plans in this book, or design your own. Just look inside. This updated edition of Gordon McComb's best-selling Robot Builder's Bonanza features fascinating science tidbits, field-tested projects, and modular organization to make it easy to invent and build your own designs. Full appendices provide suggestions for further reading, Internet information sources, names and addresses for mail order supply companies, and help with interfacing logic families. This heavily illustrated "bible" of amateur robotics is the best you can ever find. Take it home and start building robots today.EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET STARTED *Where to Get the Parts *How Much They Cost *Working with Plastic, Wood, & Metal *Constructing the 'Bot *Avoiding Common Mistakes Fully Illustrated Plans for these Amazing Robots Minibot Scooterbot Roverbot Six-Legged Walking Robot Pepbot Lego Lightbots that Seek and Avoid Light Polar coordinate robotic arm Revolute coordinate robotic arm MoreNEW IN THIS EDITION *Lego Technic-Based Robots *Functionoids with Lego Mindstorms *Fixed and Mobile Systems with Servo Motors *Using the Basic Stamp, BasicX, and Other Microcontrollers *Remote Controlled Robots *Infrared, Ultrasonic, Laser, and other High-Tech Sensors"Gordon McComb is my favorite how-to author." --a reader at AmazonMcComb, Gordon is the author of 'Robot Builder's Bonanza', published 2000 under ISBN 9780071362962 and ISBN 0071362967.