Applied Robotics 2
From Simreal
This is the second book in the Applied Robotics series. It doesn't so much extend the work done in Applied Robotics as kick it up a notch. The projects are bigger, more complicated, and for the experimenter who has a few desktop robots under his or her belt, more interesting.
Table of Contents
1. And so it Begins
- Robot Motors
- How PMDC Motors Work
- Charge Motion in a Magnetic Field
- Selecting Motors
- Speed, Acceleration, and Climb
2. Batteries
- Types of Batteries
- Some Primary Batteries
- Some Secondary Batteries
- Selecting a Battery
- Voltage Regulation
- Less from More
- More from Less
- Voltage Monitoring
- Power System
3. Rolling Platform
- Design Decisions
- Size
- Configuration
- Materials
- Drive Platform
- Battery Tray
- Bumpers
- Sensor
- Feeler
- Mounting Brackets
- Wheel Encoders
- Circuit Mounting
- Painting
- Putting it all Together
4. Stock Power Drivers
- R/C ESC
- 15 Turns at 10 Cells?
- Other Options
- Selecting the ESC
- Hooking It Up
- Power Distribution
- Testing the Drive System
- ESC Control Signal
5. Body and Head
- Upper Frame
- Base
- Uprights
- Head
- Tray
- Assembly
- Pan-and-Tilt Mechanism
6. Arm
- Other People's Arms
- Arm Actuators
- Gearmotors
- Customizing the Motor
- Transfer of Power
- Linear Actuators
- Rotary Actuators
- Project 6-1a: Shoulder
- Shoulder Pieces
- Assembly
- Project 6-1b: Upper Arm and Elbow
- Upper Arm
- Assembly
- Project 6-1c: Lower Arm and Wrist
- Assembly
- Arm Power and Operation
7. Hand
- Project 7-1: Hand
- Wrist
- Palm
- Fingers
- Finger Tendons and Muscles
8. Reflexes
- Embedded Control Options
- Stand-Alone Boards
- Board and Backplane
- System on a Chip
- Project 87-1: Reflex Control System
- Bus Definition
- Backplane
- MCU Board
- I/O Boards
- MCU Programmer and Interfaces
- Reflex Software?
9. Sense and Control: Drive System
- Project 9-1: Generic Program Framework
- Project 9-2: R/C Motor Driver Control
- R/C Setup
- Update ISR
- R/C ISR
- Project 9-3: Wheel Encoders
- Where to Encode?
- Encoder Disk
- Encoder Sensor
- Encoder Usage
10. Sense and Control: Other Senses
- Project 10-1: RS232 Output
- MCU Serial Software
- Project 10-2: Analog Senses
- GP2D12 Optical Distance Sensor
- Bumper Array
- Temperature
- PIR (Passive Infrared)
- Force, Sound, Light, Voltage
- Serial Senses
- I2C (Clock/Calendar)
- SPI (Compass)
- Microwire
- Dallas 1-Wire
- Bit-Banging Senses
- Remote Control
- R/C Input
- Virtual Senses
11. PC Control
- Tradeoffs
- Wireless Communications
- Brain Cluster
- Communication
- Reflex Net
- MCU to PC
- Project 11-1: Camera Eye
- Vision SDK
- Capture Program
12. Simulated Intelligence
- The Task: Creating a Brain
- A Question of Scale
- Your Brain
- Technologies
- The Brain as Semantics
- The Brain as Maps
- Symbolic Programming
- Fuzzy Logic
- Arbitration
13. Neurons and Neural Networks
- Neurons
- Hodgkin-Huxley Neural Model
- Computational Neural Model
- Adaptrode Neural Model
- Neural Networks
- Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning
- Self-Organizing Maps
- Attention
- Growth
- Topology
- Operation
- Adding a Node
- Deleting a Node
- State and Sequences
- Visual Model
- Feedback Loop
- ABC Model
14. Learning and Noticing
- Learning
- Memory
- Reward and Punishment
- Episodic Learning
- Mapping
- Noticing
- Novelty
- Synchrony and Rhythm
15. Vision and Language
- Vision
- Visual Coordination With the Body
- Language
Appendix A
- Batteries
Appendix B
- Bibliography
References
Index
Additional Information
| Visit the Machines area for supplemental material, information, and projects. |
Ch. 1. TorqueSpeedAndPower
Ch. 1. SpeedAccelerationAndClimb
Ch. 2. WhatIsABattery
Ch. 4. CustomMotorDriver
Ch. 8. FuzboardProgramming Also talks about PC Serial I/O
Ch. 9. Odometry
Ch. 12. HumanBrain
Errata
There is no errata at this time.
