This book is written by Solarbotics' founder Dave Hrynkiw with contributing chapters by Mark Tilden. Seven chapters detail various chapters, with a healthy dose of other useful BEAM information! An excellent resource for any aspiring BEAM roboticist or educator looking for inexpensive ways to bring robotics to the classroom.
Junkbots contains the following chapters:
Preface by Mark Tilden
Ch. 1 Welcome to the World of Simple Robotics!
Ch. 2 BEAM Safety: Read This Before Building a Robot
Ch. 3 Identifying Electronic Bits
Ch. 4 Electronics Assembly Techniques
Ch. 5 Tools and Mechanical Assembly Techniques
Ch. 6 Dumpster Diving 101: How to Scavenge Robot Parts
Ch. 7 Project 1: The Symet: An Introduction to Solar-Powered Robotics
Ch. 8 Project 2: The Solaroller: BEAM-Style Drag Racing
Ch. 9 Project 3: The Herbie Photovore
Ch. 10 Project 4: The Bicore Headbot
Ch. 11 Project 5: The BEAM Magbot Pendulum
Ch. 12 Project 6: The BEAM Mini-Sumo Wrestling Edgebot
Ch. 13 Project 7: The Basic 2-Motor Walker
Ch. 14 Project 8: An Advanced BEAM Project: Building Intelligent
Motor Drivers (The ABc Bicore by Mark Tilden)
App. A Resources for More BEAM Information
App. B Materials and Techniques of BEAM Robotics
App. C Technical Schematics
This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 24 November, 2007.
