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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807471903321

Autore

Bishop Owen

Titolo

The robot builder's cookbook / / Owen Bishop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2007

ISBN

1-281-07142-0

9786611071424

0-08-055401-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

629.892

Soggetti

Robotics

Robots

Robots - Programming

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Build and design your own robots"--Cover.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Robot Builder's Cookbook; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Making a Robot; Part 1 Robot Behaviour; Part 2 Robot Mechanics; Part 3 Robot Electronics; Part 4 PICs in Control; Part 5 PIC Programming; Part 6 Projects; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Owen Bishop introduces, through hands-on project work, the mechanics, electronics and programming involved in practical robot design-and-build. The use of the PIC microcontroller throughout provides a painless introduction to programming whilst harnessing the power of a highly popular microcontroller used by students and design engineers worldwide.This  is a book for first-time robot builders, advanced builders wanting to know more about programming robots and students in Further and Higher Education tackling microcontroller-based practical work. They will all find this book a unique