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Robotic explorations : a hands-on introduction to engineering / Fred G. Martin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: x, 462 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0130895687
  • 9780130895684
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.892
LOC classification:
  • TJ211. M36645 2001
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Feedback Control, Cybernetics, and Robotics -- Toys To Think With -- About the Technology -- An Overview of the Book -- 2. A First Robot -- Interactive C and the Handy Board -- The HandyBug -- A First Program -- Braitenberg Vehicles -- Light and Touch Sensitivity -- Randomness -- Emergence and Meta-Sensing -- Conclusion -- 3. Sensors -- Sensor Interfacing -- Building Sensors -- Switch Sensors -- Light Sensor Circuits -- Resistive Position Sensors -- Reflective Optosensors -- Break-Beam Sensors -- Shaft Encoding -- 4. Motors, Gears, and Mechanism -- DC Motors -- Gearing -- Electronic Control -- The Servo Motor -- LEGO Design -- 5. Control -- Simple Feedback Control -- Proportional-Derivative Control -- Sequential Control -- Reactive Control -- Conclusion -- 6. Advanced Sensing -- Quadrature Shaft Encoding -- Infrared Sensing -- Ultrasonic Distance Sensing with the Polaroid 6500. Optical Distance Sensing with the Sharp GP2D02. Sensor Data Processing -- A. Inside the Handy Board Design -- Introduction to Microprocessors and the 68HC11. Introduction to Assembly Language Programming -- The 68HC11 with the Handy Board Hardware -- The AS11 Assembler -- Differences between A and E Series 68HC11 CPUs -- B. Construction Techniques -- DC Motor -- Servo Motors -- Infrared Sensor and Transmitter -- LEGO Adapter Cables -- C. Serial Communications and Data Collection -- Serial Line Interaction -- Connecting to a Terminal Program -- Printing to the Serial Line -- Capturing Data -- D. Handy Board Reference -- Specifications -- Ports and Connectors -- Battery Maintenance -- Part Listing -- Printed Circuit Board Layouts -- E. Interactive C Reference -- Quick Start -- 6811. Downloaders -- Interactive C -- F. Robot Contests -- Introduction -- Sample Contests -- Contest Rule Analysis -- Conclusion -- G. Resources.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 449) and index.

1. Introduction -- Feedback Control, Cybernetics, and Robotics -- Toys To Think With -- About the Technology -- An Overview of the Book -- 2. A First Robot -- Interactive C and the Handy Board -- The HandyBug -- A First Program -- Braitenberg Vehicles -- Light and Touch Sensitivity -- Randomness -- Emergence and Meta-Sensing -- Conclusion -- 3. Sensors -- Sensor Interfacing -- Building Sensors -- Switch Sensors -- Light Sensor Circuits -- Resistive Position Sensors -- Reflective Optosensors -- Break-Beam Sensors -- Shaft Encoding -- 4. Motors, Gears, and Mechanism -- DC Motors -- Gearing -- Electronic Control -- The Servo Motor -- LEGO Design -- 5. Control -- Simple Feedback Control -- Proportional-Derivative Control -- Sequential Control -- Reactive Control -- Conclusion -- 6. Advanced Sensing -- Quadrature Shaft Encoding -- Infrared Sensing -- Ultrasonic Distance Sensing with the Polaroid 6500. Optical Distance Sensing with the Sharp GP2D02. Sensor Data Processing -- A. Inside the Handy Board Design -- Introduction to Microprocessors and the 68HC11. Introduction to Assembly Language Programming -- The 68HC11 with the Handy Board Hardware -- The AS11 Assembler -- Differences between A and E Series 68HC11 CPUs -- B. Construction Techniques -- DC Motor -- Servo Motors -- Infrared Sensor and Transmitter -- LEGO Adapter Cables -- C. Serial Communications and Data Collection -- Serial Line Interaction -- Connecting to a Terminal Program -- Printing to the Serial Line -- Capturing Data -- D. Handy Board Reference -- Specifications -- Ports and Connectors -- Battery Maintenance -- Part Listing -- Printed Circuit Board Layouts -- E. Interactive C Reference -- Quick Start -- 6811. Downloaders -- Interactive C -- F. Robot Contests -- Introduction -- Sample Contests -- Contest Rule Analysis -- Conclusion -- G. Resources.

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