Starting with the novice level and progressing to medium-level complexity; author John Iovine leads readers through the construction of 12 state-of-the-art robotics projects, which provides the foundations and experience for building advanced robotic projects. After outlining how to modify base platforms for locomotion, the author provides detailed information on various types of robotic sensors, including tilt, bump, and road and wall detectors. He illustrates how to implement two different types of robotic intelligence-expert and neural. The remainder of the book focuses on specific, hands-on projects, including a functional, life-like android hand created with a soft rubber material and nitinol wire; a robotic "insect" controlled with a single-board computer programmed in BASIC; and a land rover robot with telepresence systems.
- ISBN10 1280292237
- ISBN13 9781280292231
- Publish Date 1 January 2001 (first published 16 January 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Companies
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 270
- Language English