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A robot’s body provides a framework to which you can attach various components and circuit boards. The body protects the robot’s innards against battering damage as well as environmental harm. The body can make a robot convenient to carry and straightforward to store. Often overlooked as a consideration, the robot’s body strikingly affects the way humans perceive the robot.

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© 2002 David Cook

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Cook, D. (2002). Body Building. In: Robot Building for Beginners. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0826-6_24

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