April 2013
Intermediate to advanced
160 pages
6h 34m
English
A bot-builder’s guide to bits and pieces.

Nate Van Dyke
All-in-one robot kits, such as MAKE’s new Arduino-based Rovera series and Parallax’s Boe-Bot system, are designed to provide easy entry into hobby robotics. Popular with beginners as well as intermediate and advanced makers, they often employ fixed chassis components and simple drive trains that allow quick assembly and easy experimentation with sensors, plugin modules, and control components.
Prototyping systems, on the other hand, are not necessarily robotics -specific. They require more assembly, but allow for greater customization ...
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