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Summary
Summary
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 and exciting source of projects, ideas and techniques, to be combined into a wide range of fascinating robots.
Author Notes
Author of over 70 books, mostly electronic and many in the field of science education. Contributor to numerous electronic magazines such as Everyday Practical Electronics , Elektor Electronics , Electronics Australia and Electronics Today International . Former Science Education Advisor in developing countries as staff member of the British Council and as a part of the UN Educational and Scientific Organisation.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Making a Robot | p. 1 |
| 1 Robot Behaviour | p. 9 |
| 2 Robot Mechanics | p. 25 |
| 3 Robot Electronics | p. 53 |
| 4 PICs in Control | p. 105 |
| 5 PIC Programming | p. 133 |
| 6 Projects | p. 165 |
| The Scooter | p. 166 |
| The Android | p. 209 |
| A robotic toy | p. 246 |
| The Quester | p. 258 |
| The gantry | p. 297 |
| Index | p. 364 |
