Mobile Robots - Inspiration to Implementation, Second Edition

Revised and updated, the second edition includes several new chapters with projects and applications. The authors keep pace with the ever-growing and rapidly expanding field of robotics. The new edition reflects technological developments and includes programs and activities for robot enthusiasts. Using photographs, illustrations, and informative text, Mobile Robots guides the reader through the step-by-step process of constructing two different and inexpensive yet fully functional robots.

List of contents

Preface to the Second Edition, Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 TuteBot, 3 Computational Hardware, 4 Designing and Prototyping, 5 Sensors, 6 Mechanics, 7 Motors, 8 Power, 9 Robot Programming, 10 Robot Projects, 11 Robot Applications, 12 Robot Design Principles, 13 Unsolved Problems, A Schematics, B Rug Warrior Programs, C Yellow Pages, D Trade Magazines, E Data Books, F Robot Contests, G Color and ASCII Codes, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Jones, Joseph L.; Seiger, Bruce A.; Flynn, Anita M.

Summary

This book widely disseminates knowledge of how to design and build robots, and explains the skills involved in a manner amenable to as broad an audience as possible. It helps the readers to overcome the inertia of getting started, whether it be in a basement workshop or in a university laboratory.

Product details

• Authors: Anita M. Flynn, Flynn Anita M., Joseph Jones, Joseph L. Jones, Jones Joseph L., Bruce A. Seiger, Seiger Bruce A.
• Publisher: Peters, Wellesley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9781568810973
• ISBN: 978-1-56881-097-3
• No. of pages: 480
• Weight: 638 g
• Illustrations: w. numerous figs.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Robotics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics