Exploring Robotics with ROBOTIS Systems

✍ Scribed by Chi N. Thai (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 177
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents foundational robotics concepts using the ROBOTIS BIOLOID and OpenCM-904 robotic systems, and is suitable as a curriculum for a first course in robotics for undergraduate students or a self-learner. It covers wheel-based robots, as well as walking robots. Although it uses the standard “Sense, Think, Act” approach, communications (bot-to-bot and PC-to-bot) programming concepts are treated in more depth (wired and wireless ZigBee/BlueTooth). Algorithms are developed and described via ROBOTIS’ proprietary RoboPlus IDE, as well as the more open Arduino-based Embedded C environments. Additionally, web-based multimedia materials are used for illustrating robotics concepts, code implementations and videos of actual resulting robot behaviors. Advanced sensor interfacing for gyroscope, inertial measuring unit, foot pressure sensor and color camera are also demonstrated.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Motivations and Instructional Approach....Pages 1-4
ROBOTIS’ Robot Systems....Pages 5-17
Hardware Characteristics....Pages 19-45
Software Tools....Pages 47-60
Foundational Concepts....Pages 61-85
Actuator Position Control Basics....Pages 87-102
Advanced Position Control....Pages 103-109
Wireless Communications Programming....Pages 111-126
Advanced Sensors....Pages 127-145
Embedded C Options....Pages 147-155
ROBOTIS-MINI System....Pages 157-172

✦ Subjects

Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Robotics and Automation; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters