Description:

• The first book to describe building an inexpensive, small-legged robot; even includes the robot kit
• Provides advanced assembly instructions for making a life-like walking robot using a microcontroller
• Introduces readers to "Stiquito Controlled," an autonomous walking robot that resembles a "walking-stick" insect
• Contains a microcontroller board that provides the control to allow Stiquito to walk on its own

 

Table of Contents:

Forward.

Preface.

1. An Introduction to Robotics and Stiquito.

2. Introduction to Embedded Systems and the Stiquito Controller Board.

3. PCB Layout and Manufacturing.

4. Building Stiquito Controlled.

5. Stiquito Programming using Texas Instruments MSP430F1122.

6. A Two-Degree-of-Freeedom Stiquito Robot.

7. Optimizing the Stiquito Robot for Speed.

8. More Stiquitos Controlled.

Appendix A- Author Bios.

Appendix B- Sources of Materials for Stiquito.

Appendix C- Glossary.