robot builders bonanza - gordon mccomb

[...]... Analog-to-Digital Converters 14.7.1 14.7.2 14.7.3 14.7.4 14.7.5 How Analog-to-Digital Conversion Works Inside the Successive Approximation ADC Analog-to-Digital Conversion ICs Integrated Microcontroller ADCs Sample Circuits 14.8 Digital-to-Analog Conversion 14.9 Expanding Available I/O Lines 14.10 Bitwise Port Programming 14.10.1 Masking Values by ANDing 14.10.2 Converting a Value into a Binary-Format... 24—Building a Heavy-Duty Six-Legged Walking Robot 24.1 Frame 24.2 Legs 24.3 Motors 24.4 Batteries 24.5 Testing and Alignment 24.6 From Here 431 431 435 444 449 449 451 xvi CONTENTS Chapter 25—Advanced Robot Locomotion Systems 25.1 Making Tracks 25.2 Steering Wheel Systems 25.3 Six-Wheeled Robot Cart 25.4 Building Robots with Shape-Memory Alloy 25.4.1 25.4.2 25.4.3 25.4.4 Basics of SMA Using SMA Shape-Memory Alloy... Locomotion Using batteries; powering the robot; working with DC, stepper, and servo motors; gear trains; walking robot systems; special robot locomotion systems Practical Robotics Projects Over a half-dozen step-by-step projects for building wheels and legged robot platforms; arm systems; gripper design Sensors and Navigation Speech synthesis and recognition; sound detection; robot eyes; smoke, flame, and heat... and yours alone The Robot Builder’s Bonanza is not so much a textbook on how to build robots but a treasure map The trails and paths provided between these covers lead you on your way to building one or more complete and fully functional robots You decide how you want your robots to appear and what you want your robots to do xxx INTRODUCTION I.5 Expertise You Need Robot Builder’s Bonanza doesn’t contain... Ready-Made Personal and Educational Robots B.8 Construction Kits, Toys, and Parts B.9 Miscellaneous 705 706 707 709 712 713 713 714 714 714 Appendix C Robot Information on the Internet C.1 Electronics Manufacturers C.2 Shape-Memory Alloy C.3 Microcontroller Design C.4 Robotics User Groups C.5 General Robotics Information C.6 Books, Literature, and Magazines C.7 Surplus Resources C.8 Commercial Robots... possible without you Lastly, I am indebted to Gordon McComb for all his hard work establishing the framework for Robot Builder’s Bonanza and the countless hours he has spent making sure this book is the best introduction to robotics there is Thank you and I hope I have been able to pass along a bit of what you’ve given me INTRODUCTION To the robotics experimenter, robot has a completely different meaning... and the Media 40.4 From Here Appendix A—Further Reading A.1 Hobby Robotics A.2 LEGO Robotics and LEGO Building A.3 Technical Robotics, Theory, and Design A.4 Artificial Intelligence and Behavior-Based Robotics A.5 Mechanical Design A.6 Electronic Components A.7 Microcontroller/Microprocessor Programming and Interfacing A.8 Electronics How-To and Theory A.9 Power Supply Design and Construction A.10 Lasers... navigate and interact with our world What does this mean for the robotics experimenter? There is plenty of room for growth, with a lot of discoveries yet to be made—perhaps more so than in any other hightech discipline I.1 Inside Robot Builder’s Bonanza Robot Builder’s Bonanza, Third Edition takes an educational but fun approach to designing working robots Its modular projects will provide the knowledge to... technologies, all aimed at helping you learn robot design, construction, and application You’ll learn about: • • • • Robot- building fundamentals How a robot is put together using commonly available parts such as plastic, wood, and aluminum Locomotion engineering How motors, gears, wheels, and legs are used to propel your robot over the ground Constructing robotic arms and hands How to use mechanical... PART 4—POWER, MOTORS, AND LOCOMOTION Chapter 17—Batteries and Robot Power Supplies 17.1 Remember: Safety First! 17.2 Increasing Robot Performance 17.3 Combining Batteries 17.4 Types of Batteries 17.4.1 17.4.2 17.4.3 17.4.4 17.4.5 17.4.6 17.4.7 Zinc Alkaline High-Tech Alkaline Nickel Metal Hydride Nickel-Cadmium Lithium and Lithium-Ion Lead-Acid 17.5 Battery Ratings 17.5.1 17.5.2 17.5.3 17.5.4 17.6 17.7 . prior written permission of the publisher. 0-0 7-1 4869 8-4 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-0 7-1 4689 3-5 . All trademarks are trademarks of their respective. Important Skills 6 1.3 Ready-Made, Kits, or Do-It-Yourself? 7 1.4 The Mind of the Robot Experimenter 7 1.5 From Here 8 Chapter 2—Anatomy of a Robot 9 2.1 Tethered versus Self-Contained 10 2.2 Mobile. 455 25.3 Six-Wheeled Robot Cart 457 25.4 Building Robots with Shape-Memory Alloy 458 25.4.1 Basics of SMA 458 25.4.2 Using SMA 459 25.4.3 Shape-Memory Alloy Mechanisms 462 25.4.4 Designing Robots