| Welcome to the support website for "Junkbots,
Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels," a book on building robots with BEAM
technology. Written by Dave Hrynkiw and Mark Tilden (ISBN: 0072226013,
published by McGraw Hill / Osbourne), this book leads you into the
fulfilling world of robotics by walking you through seven projects of
increasing complexity.
Junkbots contains the following chapters:
 | Preface by Mark Tilden |
| Ch. 1 Welcome to the World of Simple Robotics! |
| Ch. 2 BEAM Safety: Read This Before Building a
Robot |
| Ch. 3 Identifying Electronic Bits |
| Ch. 4 Electronics Assembly Techniques |
| Ch. 5 Tools and Mechanical Assembly Techniques |
| Ch. 6 Dumpster Diving 101: How to Scavenge Robot
Parts |
| Ch. 7 Project 1: The Symet: An Introduction to
Solar-Powered Robotics |
| Ch. 8 Project 2: The Solaroller: BEAM-Style Drag
Racing |
| Ch. 9 Project 3: The Herbie Photovore |
| Ch. 10 Project 4: The Bicore Headbot |
| Ch. 11 Project 4: The BEAM Magbot Pendulum |
| Ch. 12 Project 5: The BEAM Mini-Sumo Wrestling
Edgebot |
| Ch. 13 Project 7: The Basic 2-Motor Walker |
| Ch. 14 Project 8: An Advanced BEAM Project:
Building Intelligent Motor Drivers (The ABc Bicore by Mark Tilden) |
| App. A Resources for More BEAM Information |
| App. B Materials and Techniques of BEAM Robotics |
| App. C Technical Schematics |
The purpose of this website is to support the book
in handy, bite-sized cheesy nuggets...
Well, it's to give us (the authors) a way to keep
you updated with any changes to the material in the book. This could be
technical corrections (GASP!), additional clarifications to some of the
projects, and updated links.
Visitors to the Junkbots book website: Lots (Woohoo! Thanks for visiting. Makes me feel better about
pouring my heart & soul into the book!) |
