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It looks like autonomous robots are on everyone's lips lately, that's awesome, because it's really interesting topic (at least for me). What would you suggest r

by matxd 4y ago

It looks like autonomous robots are on everyone's lips lately, that's awesome, because it's really interesting topic (at least for me). What would you suggest reading to create my first robot? I mean the hardware part, not the programming one. Thank you

carapace 4y ago
The old TAB books on robotics are pretty good IMO. Not the electronics section, that's mostly out of date, but all the physical stuff like motors and kinetics is still pretty topical. E.g. "The Complete Handbook of Robotics" by Edward L. Safford, Jr. https://archive.org/details/completehandbook0000saff https://archive.org/details/completehandbook0000saff - - - - OOOooooo! See also "Cybernetics A to Z" by V. Pekelis that just made it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33639261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33639261 It looks fantastic!
- PaulHoule 4y ago
  I remember my public library having that Safford book when i was a kid and when the world was going crazy about C3P0 and R2D2.
shiftpgdn 4y ago
For practical experience the jetson nano jetbot is a really fun project. Combines 3d printing, computer vision, motor control, etc.
DoingIsLearning 4y ago
'Handbook of Robotics' by Siciliano & Khatib. It covers a lot from principles to application, it was the book that clicked for me in terms of understanding kinematics of robots.
iancmceachern 4y ago
Check out the stuff at Pololu robotics, they have parts all the way up to full kits
- iancmceachern 4y ago
  Super weird thing to be downvited for
amelius 4y ago
The hard part about robotics is that you're interfacing with the real world, where everything can go wrong. It's like you take a program and run it on a CPU with a radiation source next to it. All your strong invariants suddenly become a "maybe". Not literally of course, but that's how it feels if you start your robot for the 100th time thinking nothing can go wrong this time ...
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by matxd 4y ago

carapace 4y ago

The old TAB books on robotics are pretty good IMO. Not the electronics section, that's mostly out of date, but all the physical stuff like motors and kinetics is still pretty topical. E.g. "The Complete Handbook of Robotics" by Edward L. Safford, Jr. https://archive.org/details/completehandbook0000saff https://archive.org/details/completehandbook0000saff - - - - OOOooooo! See also "Cybernetics A to Z" by V. Pekelis that just made it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33639261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33639261 It looks fantastic!

PaulHoule 4y ago
I remember my public library having that Safford book when i was a kid and when the world was going crazy about C3P0 and R2D2.

shiftpgdn 4y ago

For practical experience the jetson nano jetbot is a really fun project. Combines 3d printing, computer vision, motor control, etc.

DoingIsLearning 4y ago

'Handbook of Robotics' by Siciliano & Khatib. It covers a lot from principles to application, it was the book that clicked for me in terms of understanding kinematics of robots.

iancmceachern 4y ago

Check out the stuff at Pololu robotics, they have parts all the way up to full kits

iancmceachern 4y ago
Super weird thing to be downvited for

amelius 4y ago

The hard part about robotics is that you're interfacing with the real world, where everything can go wrong. It's like you take a program and run it on a CPU with a radiation source next to it. All your strong invariants suddenly become a "maybe". Not literally of course, but that's how it feels if you start your robot for the 100th time thinking nothing can go wrong this time ...

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