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Stiquito
for Beginners
James M. Conrad, Jonathan Mills
Synopsis
This second book on Stiquito presents an opportunity to
learn about the field of robotics by providing the skills
and equipment to build a small robot and electronic controls
for the robot. Stiquito is a small, inexpensive, six-legged
robot unique in its nominal cost and limitless applications.
Organized into three parts, introduction, assembly instructions
and summary/references, the book provides a learning environment
including a curriculum, experiments and projects. Stiquito's
use in education is further illustrated with lab exercises
and discussions on the use of nitinol in classroom experiments.
Since its initial release in 1997, Stiquito has successfully
been included in primary, secondary and high school curricula.
Also available: an accompanying teacher's manual
including additional experiments with science benchmarks
and national standards associated with each chapter.
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Stiquito
: Advanced Experiments With a Simple and Inexpensive Robot
James M. Conrad, Jonathan W. Mills
Synopsis
The Stiquito robot is a small, inexpensive six-legged robot
that is propelled only by nitinol acutator wires.
With this kit the reader can build their own Stiquito robot
and customize their design. The book describes the birth
of Stiquito, the building process and possible modifications.
The author, James Conrad (jconrad@acm.org) , 2 January,
1998
The book consists of three main parts: building instructions
for Stiquito and other legged robots; examples of PC and
microcontoller circuits to make the robot move; and examples
of applications of Stiquito.
Please note that to build Stiquito you need hobby building
skills (cutting fine metal wire, tying knots in the wire,
crimping wire in aluminum tubing). Also note that Stiquito
has been built by at least 3000 people between the ages
of 10 to, well, near 99!
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Muscle
Wires Project Book : A Hands On Guide To Amazing Robotic
Muscles
Muscle
Wires Project Book : A Hands On Guide To Amazing Robotic
Muscles That Shorten When Electrically Powered Includes
the award winning Muscle Wire Project Book plus one meter
each of Flexinol 050, 100 and 150, plus crimps and
instructions. Enough to build all the projects in the book
including Boris the six legged walking machine!
Boris is an exciting, fully controllable and low cost robot.
It moves with an amazingly smooth and lifelike action, taking
steps about one centimeter long and one centimeter high.
Boris' simple design uses eight separate Muscle Wires to
create all motions; one to make the forward/backward motion
on each of the legs, and two wires for lifting alternating
legs with each step. Connect Boris to an interface circuit
that accepts signals from your PC's parallel printer
port. Then operate it from the computer's keyboard!
An ideal starter package for engineers, students and experimenters
of all ages.
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Practical
Pneumatics
Chris Stacey
Synopsis
Pneumatic power is ideal for the ever increasing range of
"light" applications in which a cheap, clean and
adaptable source of power is needed. Used in conjunction with
microprocessor control it forms the basis of manufacturing
automation, from basic conveying and handling lines to complex
robotic assembly systems. This text is written to cover the
British Fluid Power Association Pneumatics Certificate, which
is also awarded as part of CGLI scheme 2340, and NVQ accreditation
at level 3. Stacey provides all the fundamental concepts necessary
to obtain what is likely to become the only basic technician
qualification in pneumatic power. The approach is essentially
practical, assuming no scientific background, and introduces
the reader to basic concepts such as area, volume and the
properties of air, in the opening chapters.
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Practical
Hydraulics
Melvyn Kay
Synopsis
This introduction to the main concepts of hydraulics has been
written with the non-engineer in mind. A large number of professionals
in the water industry with a science or management background
need to understand the subject in order to do their jobs but
do not want a thoroughgoing engineering approach.
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Shape
Memory Alloys
M. Fremond (Editor), S. Miyazaki (Editor
Synopsis
This volume consists of two chapters: chapter one deals the
thermonuclear macroscopic theory describing the transformation
and deformation behaviour of shape-memory alloys; the second
chapter deals with the extensive and fundamental review of
the experimental works, which include crystallography, transformations
and mechanical characteristics in Ti-Ni, Cu-base and ferrous
shape-memory alloys.
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Practical
Electric Motor Handbook
Irving Gottlieb
Synopsis
This text seeks to allow engineers to marry existing knowledge
of technologies with motor technology and hence incorporate
motors into their products. It may also be useful for students
and experimenters looking beyond basic circuits and devices
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