Synopses & Reviews
Build a robot that responds to electrical activity in your brain—its easy and fun. If youre familiar with Arduino and have basic mechanical building skills, this book will show you how to construct a robot that plays sounds, blinks lights, and reacts to signals from an affordable electroencephalography (EEG) headband. Concentrate and the robot will move. Focus more and it will go faster. Let your mind wander and the robot will slow down.
Youll find complete instructions for building a simple robot chassis with servos, wheels, sensors, LEDs, and a speaker. You also get the code to program the Arduino microcontroller to receive wireless signals from the EEG. Your robot will astound anyone who wears the EEG headband.
This book will help you:
- Connect an inexpensive EEG device to Arduino
- Build a robot platform on wheels
- Calculate a percentage value from a potentiometer reading
- Mix colors with an RGB LED
- Play tones with a piezo speaker
- Write a program that makes the robot avoid boundaries
- Create simple movement routines
Synopsis
Think about it - and it moves. Think harder, the robot moves faster. But don't worry; as a robot it knows to avoid the black border so it doesn't fall off the table.
"Make a Mind Controlled Arduino Robot" shows you how to build your own. You learn to measure attention level with a NeuroSky headband and send this information into Arduino. You will also build a line-avoiding system into the bot. And, of course, you will build the chassis of your robot from scratch.
About the Author
Tero Karvinen teaches Linux and embedded systems in Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, where his work has also included curriculum development and research in wireless networking. He previously worked as a CEO of a small advertisement agency. Tero's education includes a Masters of Science in Economics.
Kimmo Karvinen works as a CTO in hardware manufacturer that specializes in integrated AV and security systems. Before that he worked as a marketing communications project leader and as a creative director and partner in advertisement agency. Kimmo's education includes a Masters of Art.
Table of Contents
Preface; From Helsinki to San Francisco; Reactions; EEG in Your Living Room; What Do You Need to Know?; Acknowledgments; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Chapter 1: Building the Chassis; 1.1 Tools and Parts; 1.2 Servo Motors; 1.3 Chassis; 1.4 Painting the Chassis; 1.5 Attaching Servos to the Chassis; 1.6 Attaching the Line-Detecting Sensor; 1.7 Wheels; 1.8 Attaching the RGB LED to Chassis; 1.9 Attaching the Power Switch to the Chassis; 1.10 Attaching Arduino; 1.11 Battery Holder; 1.12 Attaching Solderless Breadboard; 1.13 ScrewShield Holds Wires in Place; Chapter 2: Coding; 2.1 Moving; 2.2 Line Avoidance; 2.3 Battery, No Strings Attached; 2.4 Bells and Whistles; 2.5 Everything But Your Mind; 2.6 Measuring Your Brains with MindWave; 2.7 Complete Mind-Controlled Robot; Building the ScrewShield;