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Animatronics : a guide to animated holiday displays / Edwin Wise.

By: Wise, Edwin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Indianapolis, IN : Prompt Publications, c2000Description: viii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0790612194 .Subject(s): Robotics | Holiday decorationsDDC classification: 745.59416
Contents:
Welcome to the lab -- Skin and bones -- Basic muscle power: electric motors -- Stirring and spinning -- Back and forth -- Up and down -- Pneumatics basics -- Surprise! -- The big picture -- Who's there? -- Power drivers -- Brains ...bring me brains.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Author Edwin Wise takes the reader inside his world of robotics in an innovative guide to designing, developing, and building animated displays centered around the holidays of Halloween and Christmas.

Includes index.

Welcome to the lab -- Skin and bones -- Basic muscle power: electric motors -- Stirring and spinning -- Back and forth -- Up and down -- Pneumatics basics -- Surprise! -- The big picture -- Who's there? -- Power drivers -- Brains ...bring me brains.

CIT Module INTR 6001 - Supplementary reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. vii)
  • 1 Welcome to the Lab (p. 1)
  • Tools and Materials (p. 2)
  • 2 Skin and Bones (p. 9)
  • Skin (p. 10)
  • Bones (p. 16)
  • Joints, Ligaments, and Fasteners (p. 23)
  • Muscle (p. 33)
  • 3 Basic Muscle Power: Electric Motors (p. 37)
  • AC versus DC (p. 37)
  • Motor Specifications (p. 39)
  • Attaching to the Shaft (p. 45)
  • 4 Stirring and Spinning (p. 49)
  • Simple Spinner (p. 50)
  • Offset Spinner (p. 52)
  • Alternative Construction (p. 59)
  • Stirring (p. 62)
  • 5 Back and Forth (p. 67)
  • Oscillation (p. 67)
  • Pull (p. 69)
  • Push (p. 71)
  • Technical Details (p. 71)
  • Putting it to Use (p. 75)
  • 6 Up and Down (p. 99)
  • Cams (p. 99)
  • 7 Pneumatics Basics (p. 141)
  • Principles (p. 141)
  • Pneumatic Components (p. 150)
  • Pneumatics Overview (p. 170)
  • 8 Surprise! (p. 175)
  • Up and at 'em! (p. 177)
  • 9 The Big Picture (p. 205)
  • The Plan (p. 205)
  • The Details (p. 209)
  • 10 Who's There? (p. 213)
  • Sensing People (p. 214)
  • Feedback in the Automata (p. 227)
  • 11 Power Drivers (p. 237)
  • AC Control: Silicon-Controlled Rectifiers (p. 237)
  • DC Control: MOSFETs (p. 239)
  • 12 Brains....Bring me Brains (p. 243)
  • Delayed Turnoff (p. 243)
  • Delayed Turn-on (p. 246)
  • Sequencing (p. 247)
  • Pulse-Width Modulation (p. 249)
  • R/C Servo Control (p. 250)
  • PC Ports (p. 252)
  • Microcontroller Systems for Sale (p. 253)
  • Custom MCU (p. 255)
  • Index (p. 263)