Robot Builder's Cookbook: Build and Design Your Own Robots

✍ Scribed by Owen Bishop

• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 373
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Owen Bishop introduces, through hands-on project work, the mechanics, electronics and programming involved in practical robot design-and-build. The use of the PIC microcontroller throughout provides a painless introduction to programming whilst harnessing the power of a highly popular microcontroller used by students and design engineers worldwide.This is a book for first-time robot builders, advanced builders wanting to know more about programming robots and students in Further and Higher Education tackling microcontroller-based practical work. They will all find this book a unique and exciting source of projects, ideas and techniques, to be combined into a wide range of fascinating robots. ?· Full step-by-step instructions for 5 complete self-build robots?· Introduces key techniques in electronics, programming and construction - for robust robots that work first time?· Illustrations, close-up photographs and a lively, readable text make this a fun and informative guide for novice and experienced robot builders

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
The Robot Builder's Cookbook......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction: Making a Robot......Page 8
What sort?......Page 9
Getting down to detail......Page 11
Controlling the robot......Page 12
Programming a PIC......Page 13
Simulating the PIC......Page 15
Part 1 Robot Behaviour......Page 16
Activities of mobile robots......Page 17
Activities of gantry robots......Page 23
Feedback......Page 24
Random activity......Page 26
Subsumption......Page 28
Distributed processing......Page 29
Part 2 Robot Mechanics......Page 32
Materials......Page 33
Fixings......Page 36
Tools......Page 38
Planning a mobile robot body......Page 43
Wheels......Page 46
Motors......Page 53
Solenoids......Page 57
Suppliers......Page 58
Part 3 Robot Electronics......Page 60
Materials......Page 61
Tools......Page 64
Components......Page 67
Power supplies......Page 72
The controller circuit......Page 74
Input circuits......Page 75
Output circuits......Page 96
Radio......Page 107
Testing the circuit......Page 109
Suppliers......Page 110
Part 4 PICs in Control......Page 112
Programming a PIC......Page 113
The PIC16F690......Page 123
Comparators......Page 127
AD converters......Page 130
Serial receiver/transmitter......Page 131
Data memory......Page 134
The PIR1 and PIR2 registers......Page 135
The INTCON register......Page 136
Other PICs......Page 137
Part 5 PIC Programming......Page 140
Program segments......Page 141
Inputs and outputs......Page 144
Mode select routine......Page 147
Branching instructions......Page 148
Steering a mobile robot......Page 151
Detecting objects......Page 154
Avoiding objects......Page 156
Musical tones......Page 157
Look-up tables......Page 161
Using two processors......Page 162
Mathematical operations......Page 164
Random numbers......Page 168
Calibrating the system......Page 170
Software replaces hardware......Page 171
Part 6 Projects......Page 172
6.1 The Scooter......Page 173
6.2 The Android......Page 216
6.3 A robotic toy......Page 253
6.4 The Quester......Page 265
6.5 The Gantry......Page 304
G......Page 371
P......Page 372
Z......Page 373