Designing Autonomous Mobile Robots

✍ Scribed by John Holland (Auth.)

• Publisher: Newnes
• Year: cop. 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

• "The primary asset of Holland's book is shared wisdom for designing a robot so that its construction follows logically and naturally. Credibility evolves from the author's extensive industrial experience and success. Candid, sometimes irreverent philosophy and strategically watermarked "Flashbacks" to personal experiences keep the reader entertained and informed...Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate Students through professionals." - R. E. Young, Pennsylvania State University, Choice, November 2004 Vol. 42 No. 03
  

Content:
Foreword, Pages xiii-xiv
What's on the CD-ROM?, Page xv
Chapter 1 - Measure Twice, Cut Once, Pages 3-10
Chapter 2 - A Brief History of Software Concepts, Pages 11-21
Chapter 3 - The Basics of Real-time Software (For Mere Mortals), Pages 23-43
Chapter 4 - Thinking More Clearly Through Fuzzy Logic, Pages 45-54
Chapter 5 - Closed Loop Controls, Rabbits and Hounds, Pages 55-76
Chapter 6 - Communications and Control, Pages 77-103
Chapter 7 - Basic Navigation Philosophies, Pages 107-116
Chapter 8 - Live Reckoning, Pages 117-126
Chapter 9 - The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Machines, Pages 127-135
Chapter 10 - Navigation as a Filtering Process, Pages 137-144
Chapter 11 - Hard Navigation vs. Fuzzy Navigation, Pages 145-167
Chapter 12 - Sensors, Navigation Agents and Arbitration, Pages 169-189
Chapter 13 - Instilling Pain, Fear and Confidence, Pages 191-207
Chapter 14 - Becoming Unstuck in Time, Pages 209-217
Chapter 15 - Programming Robots to Be Useful, Pages 219-237
Chapter 16 - Command, Control, and Monitoring, Pages 239-261
Chapter 17 - The Law of Conservation of Defects and the Art of Debugging, Pages 263-274
Chapter 18 - “What the Hell Happened?”, Pages 275-294
Chapter 19 - The Industry, Its Past and Its Future, Pages 295-323
Appendix - Referenced Laws and Formulas, Pages 325-328
About the Author, Page 329
Index, Pages 331-335