 
The Official Robosapien Hacker's Guide
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.892
EAN: 9780071463096
ISBN: 0071463097
Label: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 225
Publication Date: August 17, 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Studio: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
Sales Rank: 240840
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Product Description:
The Robosapien robot was one of the most popular hobbyist gifts of the 2004 holiday season, selling approximately 1.5 million units at major retail outlets. The brief manual accompanying the robot covered only basic movements and maneuvers -- the robot's real power and potential remain undiscovered by most owners -- until now! This is the official Robosapien guide -- endorsed by WowWee (the manufacturer) and Mark Tilden (the designer). This timely book covers all the possible design additions, programming possibilities, and "hacks" not found anyplace else.
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This book was a delight to read. The author has an engaging style that leads you forward to further discovery. As others have noted, some of the detail is lacking. I don't know if that's necessarily a minus-- a circuit diagram alone leads to further research and discovery; providing a PCB layout and parts list would stymie further research. The projects are very ambitious and, though I might not use the components discussed in my Robosapien, I learned quite a bit about available, inexpensive technologies ... Read More
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On the positive side, Prochnow's candid writing style makes this book very entertaining to read. Most of the projects (but not all) are interesting too including replacing Robosapien's feet with a tank tread based traction system, turning him into an alarm clock or using him as a virtual wall for your roomba. Some seem silly and out-of-place however like the chapter on dressing up Robosapien in paper clothes. On the negative side, the author assumes the reader already possesses a basic working knowledge ... Read More
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The majority of "The Offical Robosapien Hacker's Guide" is the 11 chapters dedicated to 11 hacks. Some hacks require an additional investment of up to several hundred dollars, while other hacks require small circuits to be built. The author provides circuit diagrams WITHOUT explanations and details of the parts needed, but fails to provide any fundamental Electrical Engineering knowledge. EE 101 students will not have much trouble, but the typical person buying the Robosapien initially as a toy will. My two ... Read More
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Why? because I was expectin something else, but first of all, I didn't expect that you have to open/make a hole in your Robosapiens to modify it, so forget it! i will not damage my Robot.
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Here are a dozen hacks which you can perform with Robosapien to make it more capable and attractive than it already is: a guide which packs in instructions on how to control your robot with either Mac or PC, and which provides insights into how Robosapien functions and how its uses can be expanded. Robot designer Mark Tilden's interview enhances one of the most in-depth Robosapien references in print.
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