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"If you're interested in lightweight robot muscles, check this
book out immediately!" - Robot Explorer Newsletter
"A comprehensive, practical and clearly written user's manual."
- Computer Craft Magazine
Presenting everything you need to successfully design, build, and
operate devices with Muscle Wires - amazing nickel-titanium filaments
that actually contract when electrically powered and lift thousands
of times their own weight.
Topics include: Basic lever action, ratchets and latches, model
railroad crossing, AC power circuit, solar power circuit, paper
airplane launcher, life-like butterfly, rubber tube "flexi", proportional
control, radio control interface, programmable multiple wire controller
& serial port interface, PC parallel port interface and much more.
Boris the six-legged motorless miniature walking machine.
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BORIS - A miniature motorless six-legged walking machine SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 13.5 cm Height: 4.5 cm Weight: 30 grams Power & Drive: -
Eight 100 µm dia. Muscle Wires (50 centimeters total). - 6 volts,
500 milliamp max. - Full software control via PC parallel printer
port.
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EXPLORE - Get the facts behind the unusual properties of Muscle
Wires. Study their uses in heat engines, industrial, medical and
aerospace applications, electronic and mechanical devices, prosthetic
limbs, robotics, virtual reality systems, products and more.
LEARN - Get the essential Dos and Don'ts of designing, constructing
and powering Muscle Wires devices. Take best advantage of their
small sizes and amazing strengths. Discover essential tricks and
secrets to getting maximum performance and lifetimes from your applications.
BUILD - Create dozens of devices from simple levers to multi- action
robots. Get detailed instructions for fifteen hands-on projects
(from simple lever mechanisms, to Borisorless walking machine),
plus sources for wires, materials, electronic components, and software.
Develop your own Muscle Wire projects for:
* Model Railroads
* Custom Electronic Devices
* Science Fair Projects
* Radio Control Vehicles
* Computer-controlled Systems
* Animated Models
* Ultra-small Machines & Robots
* Movie Effects A complete and concise reference guide for engineers,
designers, experimenters, students, and anyone interested in motorless
Muscle Wire motion! Ages 10 and up. Soft cover, 128 pages.
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