The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots

✍ Scribed by Scott Preston (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 427
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots is for educators, students, hobbyists, and startups looking for Java/hardware interaction. This book shows you how to use your PC to build robots, and how you can interface with a microcontroller to do the basics. You'll learn to design your robot to navigate, see, speak, recognize your face, listen to you, and build maps.

For up-to-the-minute information, check out www.scottsbots.com, the author's own website.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
A Primer....Pages 1-13
Serial Communication....Pages 15-49
Motion....Pages 51-108
Sensors....Pages 109-136
Speech....Pages 137-163
Vision....Pages 165-220
Navigation....Pages 221-288
Other Topics....Pages 289-317
Sample Programs....Pages 319-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-419

✦ Subjects

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Programming Techniques; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters