Baichtal, John

A guide to making robots with LEGOs and Arduino, a programmable controller.

Absolutely no experience needed! Build your drone, step-by-step, with this full-color, hands-on guide!   You've heard about drones. You've seen drones. Now, build your own--it's a lot easier than you think!   Drones are the newest frontier for the DIY/maker community, and you don't need to be a technical expert to build one. John Baichtal, the #1 author of hardware hacking books for beginners, will teach you all the skills you need.   First, Baichtal shows you the amazing drones others have built. Then, he walks you through several complete projects: quadcopters, UAVs, ROVs, and more. Not ready to start from scratch? No problem: Baichtal helps you choose from today's best new kits.   Hundreds of full-color step-by-step photos teach you every step, every skill. When you're ready for more advanced concepts, Baichtal explains them in plain English. Discover what drones are and why they're so exciting Explore today's most imaginative projects, from 3D-printed mini quadcopters to floating robot armies Compare kits, from $200 up: Parallax ELEV-8, DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, OpenROV, Actobotics Nomad, Brooklyn Aerodrome Flack, and more Create your own practical Drone Builder's Workbench Build complete rocket, blimp, waterborne, and automotive drones Construct both fully autonomous and radio-controlled drones Choose and assemble your chassis (airframe), motor, props, flight control, power system, accessories, and software Integrate Arduino to make radio-controlled drones operate autonomously Teach a drone to navigate via RFID tags Learn all the basic electronics and programming you'll need.

Provides instruction for nine maker projects for items from the Minecraft game: three with common crafting materials, three with basic LED electronics, and three Arduino microcontroller projects that teach programming skills and basic robotics.

A guide to building robots with Lego Mindstorms Nxt 2.0.

A guide to designing and building robots.

Explores the cult of LEGO, the history of the company, fans of all ages, and surveys everything they have constructed from gigantic models to robots to genuine works of art.