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Robotic explorations : a hands-on introduction to engineering / Fred G. Martin

By: Martin, Fred G.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2001Description: x, 462 p. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0130895687.Subject(s): Engineering design | RoboticsDDC classification: 629.892
Contents:
Acknowledgements - 1. Introduction. - 2. A first robot. - 3. Sensors. - 4. Motors, gears, and mechanism. - 5. Control. - 6. Advanced sensing. - A. Inside the Handy board design. - B. Construction techniques. - C. Serial communications and data collection. - D. Handy board specificaton. - E. Interactive C reference. - F. Robert contests. - G. Resources.
Summary: Robotic Explorations : a Hands-On Introduction to Engineering engages students in hands-on robot building, emphasizing technological systems of all kinds-electrical, mechanical, and computational. A first text for students as well as reference for practitioners, the book provides all the practical information needed to create an introductory freshman-level laboratory class. This versatile and pioneering book sparks the imagination and leads the reader into many thought-provoking and challenging engineering situations. - Back cover
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Acknowledgements - 1. Introduction. - 2. A first robot. - 3. Sensors. - 4. Motors, gears, and mechanism. - 5. Control. - 6. Advanced sensing. - A. Inside the Handy board design. - B. Construction techniques. - C. Serial communications and data collection. - D. Handy board specificaton. - E. Interactive C reference. - F. Robert contests. - G. Resources.

Robotic Explorations : a Hands-On Introduction to Engineering engages students in hands-on robot building, emphasizing technological systems of all kinds-electrical, mechanical, and computational. A first text for students as well as reference for practitioners, the book provides all the practical information needed to create an introductory freshman-level laboratory class. This versatile and pioneering book sparks the imagination and leads the reader into many thought-provoking and challenging engineering situations. - Back cover

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