Building Robot Drive Trains (Robot DNA Series) | 
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This essential title in "McGraw-Hill's Robot DNA" series is just what robotics hobbyists need to build an effective drive train using inexpensive, off-the-shelf parts. Leaving heavy-duty "tech speak" behind, the authors focus on the actual concepts and applications necessary to build - and understand - these critical force-conveying systems. If you're hooked on amateur robotics and want a clear, straight-forward guide to the nuts-and-bolts of drive trains, this is the way to go. It includes everything you need to build your own robot drive train: The Basics of Robot Locomotion, Motor Types - An Overview; Using DC Motors; Using RC Servo Motors; Using Stepper Motors; Motor Mounting; Motor Control; Electronics Interfacing; Wheels and Treads; Locomotion for Multipods; and Glossary of Terms/Tables, Formulas.
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Customer Reviews:
• Practical Advice For A Novice Robot Builder 27 August, 2006
Covers all the robot drive train basics in practical terms. This book has been very useful for a novice like me.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1LNIVF0B45MM6
• Great Book 29 March, 2005
This book was a great help during the use of our wireless hexapod senior project. The book is a great read on many different levels, especially control. The PID explantion in Motor Control 201 is better then a lot of control books i've read. There are a tremendous amount of circuits in the book and code and psuedocode. the book gives a lot of technical information as well as giving you different options (chips, connection, drive trains) you can use when building your robot. This is must if you are building a robot or want a book on interfacing your microcontroller and analog circuitry.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A372BX7S94ZU5I
• Beginner In Hte Field Of Robots 21 July, 2007
Good book for starting out if you want to build things yourself and you don't know where to start for a robot drive. It goes into enough detail to explain why a user would select one option over another depending on what the final goal is. It has some basic math (very simple agebra)to cover these details and walks the user through all of it. He also list sources (books) and other links for a higher level of detail. This is a fast read and easy to follow
Nice work on the book!
- Reviewed by customer ID: AU0NBVBMQIVVK
• Lost Book 14 February, 2007
It has been a month since the book was shipped--and I have not received it yet. I looked at Amazon's on line tracking, and it appeared the book was lost in transit. Amazon (Peggy) said they would immediately get another one out to me.
My concern--Why did I have to find that the book was lost. Amazon has the same information. It appears their system doesn't monitor deliveries or non-deliveries?????
Larry Cardo
- Reviewed by customer ID: A35TOYLSQU90TE
• Good Mid-level Drive Train Overview 30 November, 2007
While not everything I had hoped, this book does cover some of the basics and then some on building drive trains.
If you have ever tried this, you know that there are so many detailed questions, and this book does address a fair number of them.
If you are looking for a step by step guide, this is not your book. If you are imaginative and like custom solutions, this book will be of good value, even if you only use 2 or 3 chapters from the book.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2EIZ3EBMX78UH
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