Applied Robotics: An Introduction- I (With CD) (Paperback)

Book Summary of Applied Robotics: An Introduction (Book I) (With CD)
A hands-on introduction to the field of robotics, this book will guide the hobbyist through the issues and challenges of building a working robot. Each chapter builds upon the previous one, extending a core robot project throughout the book. Examples of chapters include: Mechanical Platforms, Power Supplies, Adding Sense, Micro controllers, Insect Robots, Pneumatics, More Behavior and Intelligence, Programming Projects, Robot Behaviors, and much more.

Key Features
• Use of an MCU reflex net and computer network shows readers how to gain greater flexibility and power
• Individual chapters delve deeply into self-organizing brain architecture, memory, and episodic learning, robot vision and language, and more
• Chapter-end projects, plus a coherent project thread throughout the book, put robot builders on a critical path to success

Table Of Contents
• 1. Introduction to Robotics
• 2. Mechanical Platforms
• 3. Power Supplies
• 4. Electronic Control
• 5. Adding Sense
• 6. It's Alive! Simple Robot Behaviors
• 7. Microcontroller
• 8. MCU Senses
• 9. Igor, Fetch Me Some Brains
• 10. Fuzbol
• 11. More Sense
• 12. R/C Servos
• 13. Pneumatics