Embedded Robotics Mobile Robot Design and Applications with Embedded Systems /

• Main Author: Bräunl, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Edition: 3.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Special purpose computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.

The EyeBot controller and mobile robots have evolved over more than a decade. This book gives an in-depth introduction to embedded systems and autonomous mobile robots, using the EyeBot controller (EyeCon) and the EyeBot mobile robot family as application examples. This book combines teaching and re...

Table of Contents:

• Embedded Systems
• Robots and Controllers
• Central Processing Unit
• Sensors
• Actuators
• Control
• Multitasking
• Wireless Communication
• Mobile Robot Design
• Driving Robots
• Omni-Directional Robots
• Balancing Robots
• Walking Robots
• Autonomous Planes
• Autonomous Vessels and Underwater Vehicles
• Robot Manipulators
• Simulation Systems
• Mobile Robot Applications
• Localization and Navigation
• Maze Exploration
• Map Generation
• Real-Time Image Processing
• Robot Soccer
• Neural Networks
• Genetic Algorithms
• Genetic Programming
• Behavior-Based Systems
• Evolution of Walking Gaits
• Automotive Systems
• Outlook.