Bibliograph

The robot builder's cookbook, Owen Bishop

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Label

The robot builder's cookbook, Owen Bishop

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The robot builder's cookbook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

182729486

Responsibility statement

Owen Bishop

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Making a Robot -- What sort? -- Getting down to detail -- Controlling the robot -- Programming a PIC -- Simulating the PIC -- Part 1 Robot Behaviour -- Activities of mobile robots -- Activities of gantry robots -- Feedback -- Random activity -- Subsumption -- Input and output requirements -- Distributed processing -- Part 2 Robot Mechanics -- Materials -- Fixings -- Tools -- Planning a mobile robot body -- Wheels -- Motors -- Solenoids -- Construction kits -- Suppliers -- Part 3 Robot Electronics -- Materials -- Tools -- Components -- Power supplies -- The controller circuit -- Input circuits -- Output circuits -- Radio -- Testing the circuit -- Suppliers -- Part 4 PICs in Control -- Programming a PIC -- The PIC16F690 -- Special functions -- Comparators -- AD converters -- Serial receiver/transmitter -- Data memory -- The PIR1 and PIR2 registers -- The INTCON register -- Other PICs -- Part 5 PIC Programming -- Program segments -- Inputs and outputs -- Mode select routine -- Branching instructions -- Steering a mobile robot -- Detecting objects -- Avoiding objects -- Musical tones -- Look-up tables -- Using two processors -- Mathematical operations -- Random numbers -- Calibrating the system -- Software replaces hardware -- Part 6 Projects -- 6.1 The Scooter -- 6.2 The Android -- 6.3 A robotic toy -- 6.4 The Quester -- 6.5 The Gantry -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Last Page

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