Martin, Fred G. <br/><br/>
Robotic explorations :  a hands-on introduction to engineering / 
Fred G. Martin 
 - Upper Saddle River, N.J. :  Prentice Hall,  c2001 
 - x, 462 p. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0130895687 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Engineering design.<br/>Robotics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.892  / MAR