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9780471488828

Stiquito Controlled! Making a Truly Autonomous Robot

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471488828

  • ISBN10:

    0471488828

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-02-24
  • Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

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Summary

Build your own Stiquito "walking-stick" robot insect with the included kit!Stiquito Controlled! is a widely accessible, user-friendly book that provides step-by-step instructions for building Stiquito, a small, multi-legged robot that resembles a "walking-stick" insect. The book includes comprehensive instructions and all the parts needed to complete assembly. Most notably, the kit contains a microcontroller board that allows Stiquito to walk on its own. Key features of the book include: Complete kit to build Stiquito--no additional materials necessary (common tools and batteries required) Detailed, step-by-step instructions for assembly of the robot Comprehensive lessons on how to make Stiquito "walk" using the microcontroller Engineering teachers and students, researchers, and science enthusiasts will find Stiquito Controlled! a fascinating and fun hands-on project.Batteries not included.http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/Stiquito_Controlled.htm

Author Biography

JAMES M. CONRAD, PhD, is currently a professor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Jim has worked with IBM, Ericsson/Sony Ericsson, and BPM Technologies. He is a senior member of the IEEE, member of the Project Management Institute and IEEE Computer Society, and board member of the IEEE Computer Society Press operating committee. He is the author of three books on autonomous robotics and has written numerous journal articles, conference papers, and technical papers.

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: Sources of Materials for Stiquito.
Glossary.
Index.
About the Authors.

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