The purpose of this book is to challenge you to build a simple robot that is expanded over time. It is intended to be difficult. It is intended to provide a hands-on experience to help you past the most difficult part of learning robotics: being intimidated by the technology. I’m going to teach you some of the basics of robotics the same way that I learned how to swim—by being thrown in to the deep end while someone more experienced watches over to make sure that you don’t drown.
So with that, I expect you to take what you experience and add to it through ...