Practical and Experimental Robotics with Kits
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-59059-602-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Practical & experimental robotics with kits" is a book about computers/software.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Popular/general
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59059-602-9 (9781590596029)
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Pushkin Kachroo is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has co-authored Mobile Robotic Car Design, Feedback Control Theory for Ramp Metering in Intelligent Transportations Systems, Feedback Control Theory for Dynamic Traffic Assignment, and Incident Management for Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Ferat Sahin is Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology. He has written book chapters in Electrical Engineering Freshmen Practicum and has co-written the articles "The effect of hidden nodes and asymmetric links on the capacity of a wireless network", " Three degrees of freedom thermal actuator", "Predicting the Mechanical Behavior of Self-Deformed Micromachined Cantilevers" and many more.
Ferat Sahin is Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology. He has written book chapters in Electrical Engineering Freshmen Practicum and has co-written the articles "The effect of hidden nodes and asymmetric links on the capacity of a wireless network", " Three degrees of freedom thermal actuator", "Predicting the Mechanical Behavior of Self-Deformed Micromachined Cantilevers" and many more.
Content
Introduction.- Fundamentals of Electronics and Mechanics.- Introduction to Microcontrollers.- Basic Stamp Microcontrollers.- Object Oriented PIC (OOPIC) Microcontroller.- Atomic Pro Microcontroller.- DC and Servo Motors.- DC Motors.- Theory of Operation.- Applications.- Servo Motors.- Theory of Operation.- Applications.- PC Interfacing.- Parallel Port Interface.- Serial Port Interface.- USB.- Arm Robots.- 5 Degree of Freedom Arm Robot.- Mechanical Construction.- Electronics.- Controls and Interfacing.- 6 Degrees of Freedom Arm Robot with Servos.- Mechanical Construction.- Electronics.- Controls and Interfacing.- Wheeled Robots.- Two Wheel Drive Robot.- Mechanical Construction.- Electronics.- Controls.- Four Wheel Drive Robot.- Mechanical Construction.- Electronics.- Controls.- Legged Robots.- Hexapod Walking Robot.- Mechanical Construction.- Electronics.- Controls and Interfacing.- Biped Walking Robot.- Mechanical Construction.- Electronics.- Controls and Interfacing.