Make : soft robotics : a DIY introduction to squishy, stretchy, and flexible robots
By: Borgatti, Matthew
Title By: Love, Kari | Atkeson, Chris [Foreword by]
Material type: BookPublisher: Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media, c2018.Description: xx, 199 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781680450934Subject(s): Robots | Robots -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 629.892 BO SO Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 629.892 BO SO (Browse shelf) | Available | Mar2020 | T0063584 |
, Shelving location: Main Collection Close shelf browser
629.892 BA BA Basic robot building with Lego Mindstorms Nxt 2.0 / | 629.892 BE CR Creating cool MINDSTORMS NXT robots | 629.892 BO RO Robot-oriented design : | 629.892 BO SO Make : soft robotics : | 629.892 CA BU Build your own teams of robots with Lego Mindstorms NXT and Bluetooth / | 629.892 CR IN Introduction to robotics : | 629.892 CR IN Introduction to robotics : |
Includes index.
Soft robotics is an emerging field that approaches robots in new ways, enabling them to operate in environments that are unstructured or unstable and to perform tasks that require delicacy and malleability. It's all about engineering with soft materials -- silicone, cloth, balloons, flexible plastics -- and combining them in different ways to come up with novel, approachable, and surprising solutions to interesting problems. This book introduces soft-robotics concepts to students, inventors, and makers with easy-to-understand explanations and hands-on DIY projects. The projects use a wide range of tools and techniques -- including microcontrollers, 3D printing, laser cutting, mold making, casting, and heat sealing -- to create intriguing soft robots and devices. It is tinkering at its finest! World's first DIY project book on soft robotics Written by designers working on the forefront of the field Approaches projects from simple introductions to more complex designs that build on what you know Explore robotics using novel materials and techniques you can apply to challenges far outside of robotics Soft robotics DIY projects that are relatively affordable, accessible and achievable. Explore and build creations from the brand new emerging field of robotics Provides context on the field of soft robotics alongside hands-on learning Teaches skills frequently overlooked Projects that are aesthetically appealing and novel Foreword by Chris Atkeson, whose research directly inspired the design of Big Hero 6's Baymax.