Tab Electronics Robotics

By: Karl Williams

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Paperback | 5 November 2002

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This volume explains how to build a six-legged robot that walks and responds to its environment using state-of-the-art technology and advanced artificial intelligence. The book discusses mechanical construction, electronics, PIC programming, use of sensors and robot-intelligence routines. A software chapter includes routines to co-ordinate the servos for walking, monitoring the sensors and the output and control of sound and light. The book ends with a special section on how readers might experiment to evolve the robot further and make it their own.

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Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
A Brief History of Walking Machines	p. 1
Computer Control	p. 4
Summary	p. 5
Walking Gaits	p. 7
Stability	p. 8
Adaptability	p. 8
Tripod Gait	p. 8
Wave Gait	p. 9
Degrees of Freedom Per Leg	p. 10
Summary	p. 12
Tools, Test Equipment, and Materials	p. 13
Test Equipment	p. 22
Construction Materials	p. 24
Summary	p. 26
Stages of Robotic Evolution	p. 27
Summary	p. 33
Chassis, Legs, and Servo Mounts	p. 35
Constructing the Chassis	p. 35
Constructing the Middle Leg Servo Mounts	p. 39
Construction of the Legs	p. 43
Modifying the Servo Horns	p. 43
Constructing the Legs	p. 46
Constructing the Middle Leg	p. 48
Assembling Servo Horns and Leg Mechanics	p. 50
Centering the Servos	p. 52
Attaching the Legs to the Servos	p. 53
Attaching the Back Legs to the Frame	p. 55
Connecting the Mechanical Linkages	p. 58
Attaching the Feet and Screw Covers	p. 58
Summary	p. 60
The Main Controller Board	p. 61
Printed Circuit Board Fabrication	p. 63
Drilling and Parts Placement	p. 67
Summary	p. 68
The Infrared Sensor Board	p. 69
Constructing the Printed Circuit Board	p. 72
Drilling and Parts Placement	p. 73
Calibrating the Infrared Sensor Board	p. 74
Calibrating the Circuit Using a Digital Multimeter	p. 77
Summary	p. 79
Final Assembly	p. 81
Summary	p. 87
PIC Programming	p. 89
Microcontrollers	p. 89
PIC 16F84 MCU	p. 89
PicBasic Pro Compiler	p. 92
Software Installation	p. 93
Compiling a Program	p. 97
Using the EPIC Programmer to Program the PIC	p. 103
Testing the Main Controller Board	p. 105
Summary	p. 106
Experiments	p. 107
R/C Servo Motors	p. 107
Calibrating the Servos	p. 109
Calibrating the Infrared Sensors	p. 112
Walking	p. 115
Forward and Reverse Walking Sequence	p. 118
Rotating Left and Right Walking Sequence	p. 119
Infrared Module Software Analysis	p. 124
Behavior-based Subsumption Architecture	p. 127
Exploration with Obstacle Avoidance	p. 128
Insect Search Behavior with Obstacle Avoidance	p. 137
Further Experiments	p. 145
Summary	p. 152
Ultrasonic Range Finding	p. 153
Devantech SRF04 Ultrasonic Range Finder	p. 153
Theory of Operation	p. 155
Connections	p. 155
Basic Timing	p. 155
Interfacing the SRF04 to the Robot's Controller Board	p. 157
Using an LCD Serial Display	p. 160
Connecting the LCD Display to the Controller Board	p. 163
Testing the SRF04 Ultrasonic Ranger	p. 165
Distance Represented as Tones	p. 170
Room Mapping Using Sonar Range Finding	p. 178
Maze Solving	p. 193
Summary	p. 199
Radio Remote Control	p. 201
Interpreting Signals from the Radio Receiver	p. 206
Remote Control	p. 212
Summary	p. 231
Adding a Robotic Gripper	p. 233
Assembling the Parts	p. 241
Mounting the Gripper to the Robot	p. 244
Software	p. 246
Summary	p. 257
Taking It Further	p. 259
Summary	p. 262
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 265
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