Robot Building for Beginners
CDN$ 23.57
Robot Building for Beginners - Robot Building for Beginners - What a great beginners book!When I ordered this book I wasn t too sure about what I was going to get but I did know that the author s web site www.robotroom.com is a robot builders paradise, so what the heck. What a great book!!!!! This book covers so much material based on early electronic theory, concepts, components, and breadboard configurations that you feel like you are sitting in an electronics class just soaking it all up! His text is broken into major sections covering electronic basics, equipment you will need to use, then he talks about the major components that will be used in the sandwich project ",A line following robot",. He lets you build each section of the robot in modules on an electric breadboard, which is great because you can see the circuit work, plus learn how the circuit functions, and make modifications to the circuit while not having to solder or unsolder components. He steps you through each section of the line following robot building each modules in order till you have the whole robot circuitry on the breadboard for testing. Later he shows you have to make the final robot product and put everything together soldered on a single circuit board. There is truly so much information here that the readers get way more than he pays for. It is easy to understand and humorous at the same time. He even covers calculations concerning voltage drops, load drops within the circuit, and power consumption. By the end of this book you will have completed the building of a real, authentic line following robot and have the knowledge to go onto bigger and better robot projects. After this book I recommend buying the Intermediate Robot builder book!! This is another great book from David Cook!
The definitive beginner s book! - As a beginner and someone who has gone through several ",beginner", robot building books, I cannot recommend this book enough. Not only does the book give step by step instructions on building a line-following robot, but it will also explain what each part does, why it was picked, where to get it, etc. This will be extremely useful later, when building your own robots. Other books will either assume you know something you don t, or give you step-by-step instructions without the rationale behind them. If you have to get only one book, then Robot Building for Beginners is the one (a cliche, but true nonetheless).
He wrote a 2nd Book!!! - I ve been sitting around here waiting to see my review show up that I just wrote (no luck yet) and went back to David Cook s website to look at his other robots again. MY WISH CAME TRUE--HE WROTE ANOTHER BOOK! For those of you returning to look at this book s reviews again, check out the web site: (...) I really am excited. To those of you who haven t made the sandwhich yet, you can check this project out on that site too.
I just built my first robot!!! - I m an Electrical Engineer at U.C. I bought this book so I could learn some ",real world knowledge", about the physical world instead of just theory. I only asked for (and thankfully received) a multimeter, soldering iron, and a cordless dremel drill for Christmas. After reading this book, I now remember why I chose my major--making a robot is a blast!Being strong on the theory, I didn t learn anything in that regard. On the flip side, David Cook described the basics in a way that anyone could understand. What I really wanted to learn was to be able to put my Christmas presents to use. He spent a chapter just on the multimeter! I loved it. Also, every part of the robot was described in detail. I now know the difference between choosing motors, batteries, transistors, comparitors, diodes, potentiometers, photo-resistors, ect. When I brought my first creation into my Electromagnetics class yesterday, I of course was asked to give a demonstration. From reading this book (to be honest a total of 3 times), I described everything about it in clear/consise detail. The only part I failed was receiving extra credit. Yes I did try :D.I couldn t imagine a better book for beginners. There is a website that describes the robot AND the few typos caught (nothing that mattered), ways he took this idea and added a couple more in a similar project, as well as detailing the post construction of robots he s made since then. Cook goes into detail for troubleshooting a potential screw up you may make (If X is happening then you probably did Y ). Yes I made one too--thanks for asking.There is one part I didn t like about the project though--using an M&M s Mini tube to hold the motors. Being so close to Valentine s day, the only selection they had were PINK ones! Oh well, I named in Valentino anyway. I did find myself telling this story though to everyone that commented on my pink robot.If you want to get into the hobby, buy this book. You can t ask for more. Just be prepared to catch yourself looking in the toy section of Target for lego technic tires when your fiance is wanting to register!!! BTW: you ll also catch yourself babbling on about your experiences in a review about this book too--cause you ll be so D@MN excited about making your first robot!!!
Great book... - This book is a well layed out book. If you would like to build a basic knowledge of electronics and have a robot example buy this one. With this you can build a line following robot and information is put out that allows you to build other creations.