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Welcome to the support website for
"Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels," a book on building robots with BEAM technology. Written by Dave Hrynkiw and Mark
Tilden (ISBN: 0072226013, published by
McGraw Hill / Osbourne), this book leads you into the fulfilling world of robotics by walking you through seven projects of increasing complexity.
Junkbots contains the following chapters:
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Preface by Mark Tilden
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Ch. 1 Welcome to the World of Simple Robotics!
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Ch. 2 BEAM Safety: Read This Before Building a Robot
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Ch. 3 Identifying Electronic Bits
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Ch. 4 Electronics Assembly Techniques
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Ch. 5 Tools and Mechanical Assembly Techniques
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Ch. 6 Dumpster Diving 101: How to Scavenge Robot Parts
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Ch. 7 Project 1: The Symet: An Introduction to Solar-Powered Robotics
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Ch. 8 Project 2: The Solaroller: BEAM-Style Drag Racing
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Ch. 9 Project 3: The Herbie Photovore
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Ch. 10 Project 4: The Bicore Headbot
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Ch. 11 Project 4: The BEAM Magbot Pendulum
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Ch. 12 Project 5: The BEAM Mini-Sumo Wrestling Edgebot
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Ch. 13 Project 7: The Basic 2-Motor Walker
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Ch. 14 Project 8: An Advanced BEAM Project: Building Intelligent Motor Drivers (The ABc Bicore by Mark Tilden)
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App. A Resources for More BEAM Information
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App. B Materials and Techniques of BEAM Robotics
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App. C Technical Schematics
The purpose of this website is to support the book in handy, bite-sized cheesy nuggets...
Well, it's to give us (the authors) a way to keep you updated with any changes to the material in the book. This could be technical corrections (GASP!), additional clarifications to some of the projects, and updated
links.
Visitors to the Junkbots book website: Hit Counter (Woohoo! Thanks for visiting. Makes me feel better about pouring my heart & soul into the book!)
