Amphibionics build your own biologically inspired reptilian robot

[...]... Companies, Inc Click Here for Terms of Use Amphibionics Amphibionics is a continuation on the theme of building biologically inspired robots introduced in Insectronics, which explored the building and experimentation of a hexapod walking insect robot The practical research detailed in Amphibionics is aimed at developing a new class of biologically inspired mobile robots that exhibits much greater robustness... the mechanical construction phase of building the robots and the fabrication of the printed circuit boards You will be required to drill approximately 150 holes during the process of creating each robot in the book An electric hand drill, like the one shown in Figure 1.4, can be used If you plan to build robots as a hobby, then a small drill press, like the one shown in Figure 1.5, would be a great... Infrared Sensor Circuit Board Calibration Mounting the Controller and Infrared Sensor Board 137 138 144 146 148 152 154 155 xi Amphibionics Wiring the Robot 158 Programming and Experiments with Serpentronic 164 Motion Control 171 Infrared Sensor Summary 6 177 188 Crocobot: Build Your Own Robotic Crocodile 191 Crocodilians 191 Overview of the Crocobot Project 193 Mechanical Construction of Crocobot 194 Constructing... Remote Control Transmitter 228 PIC 16C71 xii 232 Contents Creating the Remote Control Printed Circuit Board Programming Crocobot 7 Turtletron: Build Your Own Robotic Turtle 234 239 271 Turtles and Tortoises 271 Overview of the Turtletron Project 272 The History of Robotic Turtles 273 Mechanical Construction of Turtletron 275 Assembling the Gearboxes and Attaching the Wheels 277 Electronics 283 Ultrasonic... Attaching the Legs to the Robot s Body Fabricating the Servo Mounts 84 Constructing the Front Legs 90 Leg Position Sensors 91 Wiring the Limit Switches x 82 91 Contents Frogbotic’s Main Controller Board Creating Frogbotic’s Printed Circuit Board Fabricating the Power Connector 94 96 98 Putting It All Together Programming and Experiments with Frogbotic 5 100 103 Serpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake 117... the miter box (K) If you have a little extra money and think that you will be building a lot of robots, then you really need a band saw fitted with a metal cutting blade The band saw shown in Figure 1.2 is 9 inches, meaning that the saw can cut pieces up to a maximum length of 9 inches This is perfect for building smaller robots, like the ones detailed in this book With the metal cutting band saw, pieces.. .Amphibionics Software Installation 31 Compiling a Program 35 Using the EPIC Programmer to Program the PIC 40 Testing the Controller Board 44 MicroCode Studio Visual Integrated Development Environment 45 Using a Programmer with MicroCode Studio 47 MicroCode Studio in Circuit Debugger Summary 4 48 49 Frogbotic: Build Your Own Robotic Frog 51 Frogs and Toads 51 Overview... regulated direct current (DC) power supply and a function generator quite often as well None of the equipment shown in Figure 1.15 is required when building the robots in this book, but it will make your life as an FIGURE 1.15 Oscilloscope, regulated DC power supply, and function generator 11 Amphibionics electronics experimenter much easier There is nothing more frustrating than finding out that a circuit... non-living matter is slowly becoming blurred Being a collector of robotics books, old and new, I am always excited to see the robots and devices that other people have created, or interesting ways in which they have implemented various technologies and theories I am often inspired by some of the outdated mechanical diagrams and circuits in the old robotics books Even with today’s advanced computer technology,... 334 xiii Amphibionics 8 Taking It Further 345 Frogbotic 345 Serpentronic 346 Crocobot 346 Turtletron 347 Bibliography Index xiv 349 351 Introduction The robots in this book were designed to imitate biological lifeforms Watching the snake robot moving through a room, it is interesting to observe the surprised reactions of people when it quickly turns towards them People actually regard the robot as . 25 4 Frogbotic: Build Your Own Robotic Frog 51 5 Serpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake 117 6 Crocobot: Build Your Own Robotic Crocodile 191 7 Turtletron: Build Your Own Robotic Turtle. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Amphibionics Amphibionics 00 3/24/03 12:49 PM Page i This page intentionally left blank. Amphibionics Build Your Own Biologically Inspired Robot Karl Williams McGraw-Hill New. 228 PIC 16C71 232 Amphibionics xii Amphibionics 00 3/24/03 12:49 PM Page xii Creating the Remote Control Printed Circuit Board 234 Programming Crocobot 239 7 Turtletron: Build Your Own Robotic Turtle