123 ROBOT EXPERIMENTS! <P>123 STEPS NEEDED TO BRING OUT THE GENIUS IN EVERY BASEMENT HOBBYIST!<P>If you enjoy tinkering in your workshop and have a fascination for robotics, you'll have hours of fun working through the 123 experiments found in this innovative project book. <P>More than just an enjoyable way to spend time, these exciting experiments also provide a solid grounding in robotics, electronics, and programming. Each experiment builds on the skills acquired in those before it so you develop a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts understanding of robotics — from the ground up. <P>"123 Robotics Projects for the Evil Genius" — <BR>* Introduces you to robotics, electronics, and programming for robotics step-by-step — you don't need to be a science whiz to get started, but you will be when you have finished <BR>* Vividly explains the science behind robots and the technologies needed to build them, including: Electronics; Mechanical assembly; Motors and batteries; Programming and microcontrollers <BR>* Shows how you can create simple robots and models using materials found around the house and workroom <BR>* Requires only inexpensive, easily obtained parts and tools <BR>* Provides a PCB (printed circuit board) that will make it easy to create the circuits used in this book as well as your own experiments <BR>* Gives you directions for building a maze-solving robot, two different designs for a light-seeking robot, an artificial intelligence program that will respond to you, and much more <BR>* Explains underlying principles and suggests other applications <BR>* Supplies parts lists and program listings <P>IMAGINATIVE EXPERIMENTS THAT TEACH THE BASICS — WHILE PROVIDING HOURS OF FUN!

Myke Predko is a New Technologies Test Engineer at Celestica in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of McGraw-Hill's Programming and Customizing PICMicro Microcontrollers, Second Edition, and is the principal designer of the TAB Electronics Sumo-Bot.