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INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS HOW TO BUILD WALKING ROBOT
Harprit gives you an introduction for the amateur to the ideas and concepts of robotics.
In the first part he explains how and why robots work and are controlled, while the second part shows you how to make a simple two-legged humanoid robot that can be programmed to walk!
Everything is presented in clear, concise everyday English.
The robot can be built on your kitchen table and can be run from a personal computer!
So you want to build a robot? This one can walk! Can you imagine how far your buddy's eyes are going to bulge out when they see your robot walk?
Make it look just like him. That'll get 'em goin'. Or better yet, make it look just like one of your kids. That way you can get at least one of 'em to do just what you want!
This is a simple yet sophisticated little robot that will take a minimum of tools and talent to make. Anyone that can read and follow directions can make it. It's brain is in your pc so that potential expense is eliminated.
This is a serious introduction to robotics for the tinkerer, hobbyist and armchair engineer. It explains how robots actually work in everyday English and includes detailed instructions and plans on how to build and program a biped walking robot.
In this book Harprit addresses the small segment of the revolution that is generally referred to as robotics. He discusses what robots are and how they work and will show you how to make and program a small, inexpensive mobile robot that walks on two feet not unlike most bipeds.
By this I mean that he will explain, discuss and show you how a computer controls a motor with precision but he will not show you how to actually control a motor with a computer with such precision. The actual techniques for that are beyond the scope of this book but an explanation of how it is done is well within the grasp of everyone interested in these things.
You do not have to be a great engineer, designer or a software whiz to understand what is being discussed. Everything will be explained in plain everyday English.
The book is divided into two parts. The first part explains simply what robots are and how they actually work. The mechanical components, the electronic components and the software are discussed. The second part describes the construction of a biped, walking robot that you can make in your home shop and program with a personal computer through a serial interface.
After reading this book you should be able to have an informed discussion with someone who knows almost nothing, or almost everything, or something in between, about robots. If you are so inclined you will be able to actually build and program the walking robot that is described.
It can be programmed to walk on its two feet like a human (or a bird). Surprisingly, but understandably, the gait is not quite what one might have expected-simplifying the joints and muscle structure changes the gait. Keep in mind also that each builder will use his or her own techniques for programming the robot to walk so we can expect that the walk of each robot built will differ slightly.
The robot described for construction uses eight model aircraft servo motors as used for the radio control of a model aircraft. These motors are controlled by a dedicated single chip microcomputer that in turn is controlled from your personal computer in such a way, that to the servo motors, the controller looks like the radio receiver that normally controls them.
This is the most inexpensive way to provide the control we need at this time (early 1997). The robot frame or skeleton is made from 3mm (1/8") aircraft grade plywood available from your hobby/model aircraft supply store. All the work can be done on your kitchen table with a few simple hand tools and no special skills are required. If you consider yourself a handy person who likes to build things I imagine you already have all the tools that you will need and I expect that you will have no difficulty in making, assembling and programming your robot.
Although all discussion of programming in the book uses the BASIC language, you can program the robot in any language that you are familiar with or have available to you. BASIC is an English-like language that is very easy to learn and is provided with most computers as a part of the basic software components.
A two-wire interface controls the robot from your personal computer. Although all the commands needed to run the motors are very simple, the algorithms that you design and create to program the robot to walk can be as simple or as complicated as you care to make them. Harpit shows you how.
The computer required does not need to be either large or fast, an older unit will be just fine as long as it has a serial interface (RS-232 standard) and the software needed to program it.
Welcome to the fascinating world of robots!
8" X 10", Softcover, 198 pages, profusely illustrated with over 50 black & white photographs and diagrams.
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