Amphibionics Build Your Own Biologically Inspired Reptilian Robot

Name: Amphibionics Build Your Own Biologically Inspired Reptilian Robot
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ISBN: 9780071412452

ISBN-10: 007141245X

ISBN-13: 9780071412452

Edition: 2003

Authors: Karl Williams

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* Step-by-step plans on building 4 different creatures--snake, frog, turtle, and alligator with walking and swimming ability * Tells you all you need for mechanical construction, programming, locomotion, remote control, and customization * Teaches mechanical construction, electronics, PIC programming, artificial intelligence, and software control * All are inexpensive to build with easy-to-find parts

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 363
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

Introduction	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Tools, Test Equipment, and Materials	p. 1
Test Equipment	p. 10
Construction Materials	p. 12
Summary	p. 15
Printed Circuit Board Fabrication	p. 17
Summary	p. 22
Microcontrollers and PIC Programming	p. 25
Microcontrollers	p. 25
PIC 16F84 MCU	p. 26
PicBasic Pro Compiler	p. 28
Software Installation	p. 31
Compiling a Program	p. 35
Using the EPIC Programmer to Program the PIC	p. 40
Testing the Controller Board	p. 44
MicroCode Studio Visual Integrated Development Environment	p. 45
Using a Programmer with MicroCode Studio	p. 47
MicroCode Studio in Circuit Debugger	p. 48
Summary	p. 49
Frogbotic: Build Your Own Robotic Frog	p. 51
Frogs and Toads	p. 51
Overview of the Frogbotic Project	p. 52
R/C Servo Motors	p. 54
Modifying Servos for Continuous Rotation	p. 55
Controlling a Modified Servo	p. 66
Mechanical Construction of Frogbotic	p. 68
Assembling the Legs	p. 77
Attaching the Legs to the Robot's Body	p. 82
Fabricating the Servo Mounts	p. 84
Constructing the Front Legs	p. 90
Leg Position Sensors	p. 91
Wiring the Limit Switches	p. 91
Frogbotic's Main Controller Board	p. 94
Creating Frogbotic's Printed Circuit Board	p. 96
Fabricating the Power Connector	p. 98
Putting It All Together	p. 100
Programming and Experiments with Frogbotic	p. 103
Serpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake	p. 117
Snakes	p. 117
Overview of the Serpentronic Project	p. 119
Mechanical Construction of Serpentronic	p. 120
Constructing the Body Sections	p. 121
Constructing the Tail Section	p. 130
Constructing the Head	p. 132
Assembling the Snake's Mechanical Structure	p. 137
Connecting the Body Sections, Tail, and Head	p. 138
Serpentronic's Main Controller Board	p. 144
Creating the Main Controller Printed Circuit Board	p. 146
The Infrared Sensor Board	p. 148
Constructing the Infrared Sensor Circuit Board	p. 152
Calibration	p. 154
Mounting the Controller and Infrared Sensor Board	p. 155
Wiring the Robot	p. 158
Programming and Experiments with Serpentronic	p. 164
Motion Control	p. 171
Infrared Sensor	p. 177
Summary	p. 188
Crocobot: Build Your Own Robotic Crocodile	p. 191
Crocodilians	p. 191
Overview of the Crocobot Project	p. 193
Mechanical Construction of Crocobot	p. 194
Constructing the Chassis	p. 199
Constructing the Body Covers and Tail Section	p. 202
Wiring the Limit Switches	p. 209
Constructing the Legs	p. 211
Assembling the Legs	p. 213
The Controller Circuit Board	p. 216
L298 Dual Full-Bridge Driver	p. 218
Creating the Main Controller Printed Circuit Board	p. 222
Putting It All Together	p. 226
Constructing the Remote Control Transmitter	p. 228
PIC 16C71	p. 232
Creating the Remote Control Printed Circuit Board	p. 234
Programming Crocobot	p. 239
Turtletron: Build Your Own Robotic Turtle	p. 271
Turtles and Tortoises	p. 271
Overview of the Turtletron Project	p. 272
The History of Robotic Turtles	p. 273
Mechanical Construction of Turtletron	p. 275
Assembling the Gearboxes and Attaching the Wheels	p. 277
Electronics	p. 283
Ultrasonic Range Finding	p. 286
The Remote Control Transmitter	p. 298
Programming Turtletron	p. 300
Testing the SRF04 Ultrasonic Ranger	p. 308
Obstacle Avoidance Using the Ultrasonic Range Finder	p. 313
Distance Measurement Using an Optical Shaft Encoder	p. 325
Fabricating the Shaft Encoder	p. 327
Room Mapping Using the Shaft Encoder and Ultrasonic Range Finder	p. 334
Taking It Further	p. 345
Frogbotic	p. 345
Serpentronic	p. 346
Crocobot	p. 346
Turtletron	p. 347
Bibliography	p. 349
Index	p. 351
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