This is a hands-on guide to designing, building, and controlling robotic arms, the cornerstone of modern robotics. This is not a book for hardcore engineers--it's written for students, teachers, and tinkerers with no previous experience required. In this book Matt Eaton teaches how to build a robotic arm using simple, affordable parts; control it with an Arduino, and add servos to increase the degrees of motion for progressively complex movements. The book has 26 immersive projects to experience, starting with simple servo circuits and culminating in a robotic arm that operates in 3D space. Readers will also learn inverse kinematics, a mathematical process that enables robots to move, lift, and draw with amazing precision.

Author: Matt Eaton
Publisher: Make
Date: May 2025
Pages: 219
ISBN: 978-1680458435
Print: 1680458434
Audience: General
Level: Introductory/Intermediate
Category: Hardware platforms

Topics include:

• Build two-, three-, and four-link robotic arms
• Control the arms with simple Arduino programming
• Augment interfaces through potentiometers, joysticks, and rotary encoders
• Employ inverse kinematics for precision movements
• Innovate your own creation from inspirational variations

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