123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius

Learn robotics the right way! From the basics of electricity to sample robot applications, these 123 projects will open the world of electronics and robotics to the next wave of robot builders.

The major sections are: start here; basic electronics; semiconductors; applied electronics; digital electronics; the PICmicro microcontroller and "C" programming language; games and applications; robot muscles; robot sensors; robot structures; and, sample robot applications.

Myke's Rules of Robotics Section One: Introduction to Robotics Section Two: Robot Structures Section Three: Basic Electrical Theory Section Four: Magnetic Devices Section Five: Drivetrains Section Six: Semiconductors Section Seven: Our Friend, the 555 Chip Section Eight: Optoelectronics Section Nine: Audio Electronics Section Ten: Digital Logic Section Eleven: Power Supplies Section Twelve: Sequential Logic Circuits Section Thirteen: Learning to Program Using the Parallax BASIC Stamp 2 Section Fourteen: Interfacing Hardware to the BASIC Stamp 2 Section Fifteen: Sensors Section Sixteen: Mobile Robots Section Seventeen: Navigation PBASIC REFERENCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR