IT WALKS ON SIX LEGS, POSSESSES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UTILIZES
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY, AND IS INCREDIBLY INEXPENSIVE TO BUILD!
This complete project book delivers all the step-by-step plans you need
to construct your own six-legged insect-like robot that walks and actually
responds to its environment. Using inexpensive off-the-shelf parts hobbyists can
“build a better bug” and at the same time have loads of fun honing their
knowledge of mechanical construction, programming, microcontroller use, and
artificial intelligence.
Written by an award-winning robotics expert,
Insectronics:
* Fully explains PIC programming, use of sensors,
and robot intelligence
* Details tools and materials
* Covers
obstacle avoidance, sonar room mapping, finding the best route, and maze
solving
* Features an informative chapter on software that covers
coordinating the servo motors for walking, monitoring infrared and sonar
sensors, and controlling the output of sound and light emitting diodes
*
Includes a comprehensive chapter on robotic grippers
* Explains how to
implement radio remote control to operate the robot up to 1 mile away
*
Shows you how to give your robot unique personalized features
* Tells you
how to get it all done on a shoestring budget
If you want to the follow the lead of robotics experts who are looking to
insects for structural inspiration – and have hours of amusement –
Insectronics belongs in your home workshop.
Contents
A Brief History of Walking
Machines
Walking Gaits
Tools, Test
Equipment, and Materials
Stages of Robotic
Evolution
Chassis, Legs, and Servo
Motors
The Main Controller Board
The
Infrared Sensor Board
Final
Assembly
PIC
Programming
Experiments
Ultrasonic
Range Finding
Radio Remote
Control
Adding a Robotic
Gripper
Taking it
Further