Robotic explorations : a hands-on introduction to engineering /
Fred G. Martin.
- x, 462 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 449) and index.
Introduction -- Feedback Control, Cybernetics, and Robotics -- Toys To Think With -- About the Technology -- An Overview of the Book -- 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 -- Sensors -- Sensor Interfacing -- Building Sensors -- Switch Sensors -- Light Sensor Circuits -- Resistive Position Sensors -- Reflective Optosensors -- Break-Beam Sensors -- Shaft Encoding -- Motors, Gears, and Mechanism -- DC Motors -- Gearing -- Electronic Control -- The Servo Motor -- LEGO Design -- Control -- Simple Feedback Control -- Proportional-Derivative Control -- Sequential Control -- Reactive Control -- Conclusion -- Advanced Sensing -- Quadrature Shaft Encoding -- Infrared Sensing -- Ultrasonic Distance Sensing with the Polaroid 6500. Optical Distance Sensing with the Sharp GP2D02. Sensor Data Processing -- 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 -- Construction Techniques -- DC Motor -- Servo Motors -- Infrared Sensor and Transmitter -- LEGO Adapter Cables -- Serial Communications and Data Collection -- Serial Line Interaction -- Connecting to a Terminal Program -- Printing to the Serial Line -- Capturing Data -- Handy Board Reference -- Specifications -- Ports and Connectors -- Battery Maintenance -- Part Listing -- Printed Circuit Board Layouts -- Interactive C Reference -- Quick Start -- Downloaders -- Interactive C -- Robot Contests -- Introduction -- Sample Contests -- Contest Rule Analysis -- Conclusion -- Resources. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. A. B. C. D. E. 6811. F. G.