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Contents
Frogbotic’s Main Controller Board
Creating Frogbotic’s Printed Circuit Board 94
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Fabricating the Power Connector 98
Putting It All Together 100
Programming and Experiments with Frogbotic 103
5 Serpentronic: Build Your Own
Robotic Snake 117
Snakes 117
Overview of the Serpentronic Project 119
Mechanical Construction of Serpentronic 120
Constructing the Body Sections 121
Constructing the Tail Section 130
Constructing the Head 132
Assembling the Snake’s Mechanical Structure 137
Connecting the Body Sections, Tail, and Head 138
Serpentronic’s Main Controller Board 144
Creating the Main Controller Printed
Circuit Board 146
The Infrared Sensor Board 148
Constructing the Infrared Sensor Circuit Board 152
Calibration 154
Mounting the Controller and Infrared
Sensor Board 155
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