build your own robot

... Amphibionics Wiring the Robot 15 8 Programming and Experiments with Serpentronic 16 4 Motion Control 17 1 Infrared Sensor Summary 6 17 7 18 8 Crocobot: Build Your Own Robotic Crocodile ... Control Printed Circuit Board Programming Crocobot 7 Turtletron: Build Your Own Robotic Turtle 234 239 2 71 Turtles and... the Robot s Body Fabricating the Servo Mounts 84 Constructing the ... 3 Serpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake 11 7 Snakes 11 7 Overview... helpful when cutting heat-shrink tubing or small parts A soldering iron, similar to the one shown in Figure 1....

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 11:21

... inspiration for the robot in this chapter Figure 6.1 shows the Nile crocodile along with its biologically inspired robotic counterpart The robot croc-Crocobot: Build Your Own Robotic Crocodile ... wireless data link The robot and the remote control that will be built are shown in Figure 6.2 The wireless data is transmitted from the controller and received by the robot using RF modules ... calibration mode by holding down the push button ' -' Name : Serpentronic.bas ' Compiler : PicBasic Pro - MicroEngineering Labs ' Notes : Complete control Program for the robot ' : snake Mode select...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 11:21

... are finished, mount the switch in the 1/4-inch hole in the robot chassis with the switch mechanism facing down toward the bottom of the robot, and the 9-volt battery strap facing toward the back ... regulator, with the source being a9-volt battery in the robot’s tail section The motors operate fromtheir own 4.5-volt supply contained in the robot’s top cover Six ofthe PIC 16F84 port B pins will ... time to integrate them all together into a workingrobot Start by mounting the circuit board to the chassis at thehead of the robot Attach the robot’s tail section to the chassis with a 6/32-inch...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 11:21

... length Turtletron: Build Your Own Robotic Turtle 7 Trang 20The turtle and its behavior is the inspiration for the robot in thischapter At first I wanted the turtle to be a walking robot, much likethe ... chapter The robot with the remote control is shown in Figure 7.2. The History of Robotic Turtles William Grey Walter built the first robotic turtles in the late 1940s His work in robotics was ... two robots were named Elmerand Elsie (ELectroMEchanical Robot, Light Sensitive) He laternamed the style of robots Machina Speculatrix after observing thecomplex behavior they exhibited.The robot’s...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 11:21

... Robots, A K Peters, Massachusetts, 1995, ISBN 1-56881-048-2 Karl Williams, Insectronics—Build Your Own Walking Robot, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003, ISBN 0-07-141241-7 Rodney Brooks, Flesh and Machines, ... The Robot Builder’s Bonaza, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1987, ISBN 0-8306-2800-2 John Iovine, Robots, Androids, and Animatrons, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002, 1998, ISBN 0-07-137683-6 Geoff Simons, Robots, ... receiver system for human control of the robot The use of a long-range remotecontrol system will allow the robot to be guided to exactremote locations Because the robot snake has a low profileand stealthy...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 11:21

... engine in a combatrobot, talk with other robot builders that have used them and read up on how touse large engines in model aircraft C onclusion The motors are the muscles of your robot By understanding ... types of batteries, and the appropriate-sized electronic speed control-lers for your robot When building your combat robot, the motors are usually thefirst major component that is selected Sometimes ... combat robots Understanding how well the batteriesperform is crucial to your ability to build a winning competition robot re-B attery Power Requirements The batteries’ primary purpose is to keep your...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 12:22

... the maximum force your robot canexert, or it is the force another robot needs to exert on your robot to push itaround This force is a function of two things: weight of the robot and the coeffi-cient ... your robot has 10-inch-diameter wheels and the rotational speed of the robot is 300 RPM, the speed of the robot will be 9,425 inches per minute, or about 8.9 milesper hour (MPH) If you want your ... an immovable object, such as a wall or a bigger robot, exceeds the totalfrictional forces, your robot will stop moving—and, in this case, your robot couldactually be pushed backward! By combining...

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... current rating 146 Build Your Own Combat Robot Trang 6Victor 883 Speed ControllerA more serious option is the Innovation First (IFI) Robotics Victor 883 speed control-ler (www.ifirobotics.com) The ... 883 Because of this, IFI Robotics sells an adapter thatboosts the signal Knowing whether your radio will need the signal booster or not Trang 7148 Build Your Own Combat Robotis difficult without ... 13de-154 Build Your Own Combat RobotAt the moment, using the OSMC controller successfully means committing tolearning the ins and outs of the system in some detail and being prepared to doyour own...

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... robot When building your robot, keep in mind that your robot will alwaysweigh more after you build it than you originally thought Take this factor intoconsideration when you are in your preliminary ... shops of robot builders ma-G eneral Machining Operations When it comes to constructing your robot, keep a few “golden rules” in mind:Keep your tools sharp, lubricate cutting operations, clamp your ... potential for your robot to be on TV and toys.” Sponsorship meetings aren’t the time for humility or modesty Be proud of yourrobot; be up-front about your talents and combat record; and back up your salespitch...

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... operated, the robot buildershould build a prototype sensor system and fully test it before implementing it intothe robot When using semiautonomous to full-autonomous components in yourrobot, testing ... the robotic evolution, however, is the semiautonomous robot Including some semiautonomous features along with traditional tures in your robots can simplify some of the work in controlling the robot, ... fully autonomous robot con-These robots act completely on their own in performing tasks, using microcontrollers or computers for brains and many different sensors that allow the robot to see itsenvironment,...

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... the robot is not easily disabled.Building a robust autonomous robot is at the forefront of today’s research in bothrobotics and artificial intelligence Trang 11272 Build Your Own Combat RobotThe ... which is called Sbasic You can download it from Karl’s Web site at www.seanet.com/~karllunt/ Karl is also the author of an lent book about robots called Build Your Own Robot (see Appendix B). excel-Other ... systems, and the PalmOS,MacOS, and Linux computer operating systems 266 Build Your Own Combat Robot Trang 6Chapter 12: Robot Brains 267Handy Board The Handy Board is a powerful veteran microcontroller...

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... Robotics Society Robothon: www.seattlerobotics.org ■ Northwest Robot Sumo Tournament: www.sinerobotics.com/sumo ■ Portland Area Robotics Society: www.portlandrobotics.org ■ Western Canadian Robot ... to build a robot, they are intended to inform the reader as to the particularmethods these builders chose to build their machines Anyone who builds a robot is going to do things in his or her own ... insome fashion in each builder’s story The steps they went through to build theirmachines are similar to what many builders go through constructing their robots,especially newer builders Although...

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... information in this chapter will help you get the most out of building and programming the gadgets in this book If you’re already building your own electronics, consider this chapter a refresher to dip ... You hook up your Arduino, bang out your code, load it up, and voilà: it works Fast forward: months later, working on another project, you want your Arduino to something similar to your earlier ... the time this book went to press in November Get Your Community Involved • If you’re a student, get your teachers on your side when it comes to your projects Arduino is so new that there’s a good...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 20:20

... companies have an ownership stake, but combine resources for mutual benefit – Sharing knowledge can be dangerous for the companies involved Choices of Entry Mode (cont’d) • Wholly Owned Subsidiaries ... competitors Choices of Entry Mode “You not choose to become global The market chooses for you,it forces your hand.” Choices of Entry Mode • Exporting – Many companies begin global expansion through exporting ... companies involved Choices of Entry Mode (cont’d) • Wholly Owned Subsidiaries – A parent company owns 100% of a smaller self-contained business unit – This can be a very costly approach, since...

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2013, 17:15

... top of the chain Even better, if you decide to create your own Resolver for use with Mason, the Interpreter will take any parameters that your Resolver accepts not the parameters defined by ... component: You have clams in your aquarium This is more than your rival has Visit your place! acts ... You have clams in your aquarium This is more than your rival has Visit your place! •...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 12:15

... make any noise, and got down the gun I slipped the ramrod down it to make sure it was loaded, then I laid it across the turnip barrel, pointing towards pap, and set down behind it to wait for ... body's hair raise, and down he went in the dirt, and rolled there, and held his toes; and the cussing he done then laid over anything he had ever done previous He said so his own self afterwards ... pretty soon pap come in Pap warn't in a good humor so he was his natural self He said he was down town, and everything was going wrong His lawyer said he reckoned he would win his lawsuit and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 09:15

... conditional on observing the value of the market index random variable RMt That is, suppose it is known that RMt = rMt The following proposition summarizes the properties of the single index model ... portfolio The preceding section illustrated that individual speci& c risk, as measured by the asset s own variance, can be diversi& away in large well ed diversi& portfolios whereas the covariances ... rMt = αi T X t=1 T X rMt t=1 b rMt + β i,M T X t=1 rMt These are two linear equations in two unknowns and by straightforward substitution the solution is b β where b αi = ri − β i,M rM ¯ b ¯ i,M...

Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 15:17

... seemed If Nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give ... penny!" "I don't want your penny," sobbed Lottie; and she looked down at the fat knee, and, seeing a drop of blood on it, burst forth again Sara flew across the room and, kneeling down, put her arms ... have," said Sara, cheerfully "Have you forgotten? Don't you know that Sara is your mamma? Don't you want Sara for your mamma?" Lottie cuddled up to her with a consoled sniff "Come and sit in the...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 07:16

... all." "Your tooth, indeed! What's the matter with your tooth?" "One of them's loose, and it aches perfectly awful." "There, there, now, don't begin that groaning again Open your mouth Well your ... pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard Huckleberry was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad ... good You got to go all by yourself, to the middle of the woods, where you know there's a spunk-water stump, and just as it's midnight you back up against the stump and jam your hand in and say: 'Barley-corn,...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 14:16

... basing each of your application’s controls on one of the six BControl-derived classes Doing so means your controls will behave as expected by the user BControl is an abstract class, so your project ... not shown All the buttons are associated with labels that appear on or next to the controls themselves The sixth control type, the color control based on the BColorControl class, isn’t shown either—it ... appropriate BView hook function For example, a B_MOUSE_DOWN message results in the affected view invoking the BView hook function MouseDown() Besides being the recipient of system messages, a...

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