Intermediate Robot Building

• Main Author: Cook, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2010.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.

For readers of Robot Building for Beginner (Apress, 2002 and 2009), welcome to the next level. Intermediate Robot Building, Second Edition offers you the kind of real-world knowledge that only renowned author David Cook can offer. In this book, you’ll learn the value of a robot heartbeat and the pur...

Table of Contents:

• Assembling a Modular Robot
• Comparing Two Types of Homemade Motor Couplers and Common Errors to Avoid
• Making a Fixture and Drilling Solid Rods for a Coupler
• Finishing the Solid-Rod Motor Coupler
• Building a Motor Inside a Wheel
• Understanding the Standards and Setup for Electronic Experiments
• Creating a Linear Voltage-Regulated Power Supply
• Making Robot Power Supply Improvements
• Driving Miss Motor
• Driving Mister Motor
• Creating an Infrared Modulated Obstacle, Opponent, and Wall Detector
• Fine-Tuning the Reflector Detector
• Roundabout Robot!
• Test Driving Roundabout
• If I Only Had a Brain
• Building Roundabout’s Daughterboard
• Adding the Floor Sensor Module
• Cooking Up Some Robot Stew.