Build Your Own Humanoid Robots
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9780071422741
In Build Your Own Humanoid Robots, author Karl Williams
presents an unique guide to sophisticated robotics projects and brings
humanoid robot construction home to the hobbyist. The book provides
step-by-step directions for six exciting projects, each costing less
than $300. Together, they form the essential ingredients for making your
own humanoid robot. Also included is the background information
regarding construction materials, test equipment, printed circuit board
fabrication, microcontrollers, and programming and design considerations
needed to create the humanoid robot projects. Softcover, 211 pages Highlights This book contains six projects: - Robotic Arm, Wrist, and Hand.
Build a versatile robotic arm system to give your humanoid the ability
to manipulate objects. A PIC microcontroller provides motor control and
feedback.
- Personal Computer Interface. Learn how to interface the robot arm or any other robotics project to a personal computer for complete control and feedback.
- Visual Basic Control Software. Develop flexible bidirectional communications software to control the robot arm or other projects from your personal computer.
- Voice Recognition Control.
Make your robotic arm and walking robot obey your spoken commands with
this completely embedded control system that can also be used for many
other applications.
- Expressive, Speaking Face. Enable your robot to show happiness, surprise, excitement, anger, and more, as it speaks any words you transmit electronically.
- Bipedal Walking Robot.
It's your own amazing small scale, fully autonomous robot! Learn about
sensors, analog-to-digital converters, DC motor control,
microcontrollers, feedback, and control systems.
Contents - Chapter 1: Tools, Test Equipment, and Materials
- Chapter 2: Printed Circuit Board Fabrication
- Chapter 3: Microcontrollers and PIC Programming
- Chapter 4: Humanoid Robotics Design Considerations
- Chapter 5: Build Your Own Robot Arm, Gripper, and Serial Servo Controller
- Chapter 6: Visual Basic 6 Robot Interface Software
- Chapter 7: Speech Recognition
- Chapter 8: Build Your Own Humanoid Head
- Chapter 9: Build Your Own Bipedal Walking Robot
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