Title: Robots, Androids, and Animatrons : 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build, 2nd Edition Author: John Iovine ISBN: 0071376836 / 9780071376839 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 270 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Year: 2002 Availability: Out of Stock
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Contents
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Build your own walking, talking, thinking robot with the projects covered in this book on amateur robotics. Providing you with the building blocks of electronics and motion control, the book enables you to construct a robotic arm that reponds to your spoken command, put together basic modules to create sophisticated robot designs of your own, and more. First-time robot-builders and advanced hobbyists can complete these projects without programming or assembly language skills.
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : In The Beginning Chapter 2 : Artificial Life and Artificial Intelligence Chapter 3 : Power Chapter 4 : Movement and Drive Systems Chapter 5 : Sensors Chapter 6 : Intelligence Chapter 7 : Speech-Controlled Mobile Robot Chapter 8 : Behavioral-Based Robotics, Neural Networks, Nervous Nets, and Subsumption Architecture Chapter 9 : Telepresence Robot Chapter 10 : Mobile Platforms Chapter 11 : Walker Robots Chapter 12 : Solar-Ball Robot Chapter 13 : Underwater Bots Chapter 14 : Aerobots Chapter 15 : Robotic Arm and IBM PC Interface and Speech Control Chapter 16 : Android Hand