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Pages: 656 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1928994679
Pub: Syngress
Pub date: 2001-12-06
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 113892
Reader Reviews:
Get this book. (15/16 people found this helpful)
This really is an outstanding book covering all aspects of building robots. The first half covers a number of different fundamentals of robot design from gearing, steering and pneumatics, right though to some useful mathematical methods (honest!). The second half of the book provides details of number of working robot designs that you just have to make and adapt. The style of the book is to fire the imagination of the reader rather than give step by step instructions of particular models. It certainly succeeds at this! Although written with an emphasis on the construction and engineering aspects of robots, the snippets of programming code (mainly in NQC) are very clear and provide enough insight into getting the best out of the models. If you are into Lego mindstorms get this book.
Simply Outstanding (15/15 people found this helpful)
The subject matter of this book is described exactly by its title; building robots - their design, structure, mechanisms and mechanical behaviour - is detailed and examined in depth. The authors present a wide variety of constructional tips and advice in the context of some quite astounding robotic projects (walking robots with shifting centres-of-gravity spring to mind), but avoid falling into the trap of simply giving you step-by-step instructions on a plate. This encourages the reader and experimenter actually to think about what he or she is building. The resulting robots, models and games are inspirational; you want to grab your Mindstorms set and start building on the spot. This is not so much building robots as "An Introduction to LEGO Engineering". This book should sit on every Mindstorms fan's shelf and is a must for any serious LEGO roboticist!
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