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This thughtful guide gives you complete, illustrated plans and insructions for building a 1:10 scale car robot that would cost thousands of dollars if bought off the shelf. But beyond hours of entertainment and satisfaction spent creating and operating an impressive and fun project, Mobile Robotic Car Design provides serious insight into the science and art of robotics. Written by robotics experts, this book gives you a solid background in electrical and mechanical theory, and the design savvy to conceptualize, enlarge, and build robotics projects of your own.
This book enables hobbyists to build their own robotic car, about 1/10th the size of a standard vehicle, for under $1000 — and learn the mechanical and electrical theory and design secrets behind it.
* Step-by-step instructions for building the vehicle, from theory and design to hardware and software implementation
* Discussions on mathematical modeling, control design theory, sensors, servos, motors, controllers, and environmental sensing
* Printed circuit board files for the car can be downloaded for free from accompanying website
Synopsis:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Modeling and Control Approach
Chapter 3: Mathematical Modeling
Chapter 4: Control Design
Chapter 5: Simulation Environment
Chapter 6: Overall System Structure
Chapter 7: Environment Sensing
Chapter 8: Actuator Control
Chapter 9: Microprocessor Control
Synopsis:
BUILD A CAR ROBOT,SAVE THOU$AND$
(and master some of the most sophisticated concepts in robotics)
This thoughtful guide gives you complete, illustrated plans and instructions for building a 1:10-scale car robot that would cost thousands of dollars if bought off the shelf. But beyond hours of entertainment and satisfaction spent creating and operating an impressive and fun project, Mobile Robotic Car Design provides serious insight into the science and art of robotics. Written by robotics experts, this book gives you a solid background in electrical and mechanical theory, and the design savvy to conceptualize, enlarge, and build robotics projects of your own.
A WORKING CAR ROBOTAND AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES IT WORKIn these pages, robot designers Pushkin Kachroo and Patricia Mellodge will help you --
Build an impressive robot vehicle that can regulate its own speed and direction, for a cost of about $1000.
Give your robot car the ability to sense and respond to the environment
Experiment with automatic cruise control that alters speed to meet conditions
Learn what it takes to build a security robot that can patrol actively or passively
Grasp the theory and principles behind robot design and operation
Learn what makes servos, sensors, motors, and controls work
Examine the source code for the PIC microcontroller and the DSP (digital signal processor)
Find free code for the car's printed circuit board at the companion website
Get a complete parts list and list of parts suppliers
"Synopsis"
by Ingram,
This book enables hobbyists to build their own robotic car, about 1/10th the size of a standard vehicle, for under $1000 — and learn the mechanical and electrical theory and design secrets behind it.
* Step-by-step instructions for building the vehicle, from theory and design to hardware and software implementation
* Discussions on mathematical modeling, control design theory, sensors, servos, motors, controllers, and environmental sensing
* Printed circuit board files for the car can be downloaded for free from accompanying website
"Synopsis"
by McGraw Hill,
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Modeling and Control Approach
Chapter 3: Mathematical Modeling
Chapter 4: Control Design
Chapter 5: Simulation Environment
Chapter 6: Overall System Structure
Chapter 7: Environment Sensing
Chapter 8: Actuator Control
Chapter 9: Microprocessor Control
"Synopsis"
by McGraw,
BUILD A CAR ROBOT,SAVE THOU$AND$
(and master some of the most sophisticated concepts in robotics)
This thoughtful guide gives you complete, illustrated plans and instructions for building a 1:10-scale car robot that would cost thousands of dollars if bought off the shelf. But beyond hours of entertainment and satisfaction spent creating and operating an impressive and fun project, Mobile Robotic Car Design provides serious insight into the science and art of robotics. Written by robotics experts, this book gives you a solid background in electrical and mechanical theory, and the design savvy to conceptualize, enlarge, and build robotics projects of your own.
A WORKING CAR ROBOTAND AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MAKES IT WORKIn these pages, robot designers Pushkin Kachroo and Patricia Mellodge will help you --
Build an impressive robot vehicle that can regulate its own speed and direction, for a cost of about $1000.
Give your robot car the ability to sense and respond to the environment
Experiment with automatic cruise control that alters speed to meet conditions
Learn what it takes to build a security robot that can patrol actively or passively
Grasp the theory and principles behind robot design and operation
Learn what makes servos, sensors, motors, and controls work
Examine the source code for the PIC microcontroller and the DSP (digital signal processor)
Find free code for the car's printed circuit board at the companion website
Get a complete parts list and list of parts suppliers
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