... 03 3/24/03 8:11 AM Page 39 Chapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog53FIGURE 4.2 Robot frog legmechanism—outsideview.FIGURE 4.3 Robot frog legmechanism—insideview.Amphibionics ... the four screws that hold the cover on. See Figure 4.7for details.Chapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog57FIGURE 4.6Remove ser vo horn andscrew.FIGURE 4.7Servo cover screwsremoved ... address.Port B has eight I/O lines available and Port A has five I/O lines.For example, the first robot project in the book details the con-struction and programming of a robotic frog. This project...
... degreesdownward, if this was not done earlier in Chapter 6. The finishedtop cover with the antenna and receiver module attached is shownin Figure 7.23.Chapter 7 / Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic ... wire to the common groundpoint. The finished interface board is shown in Figure 7.32.Chapter 7 / Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle329FIGURE 7.30Schematic to inter facethe H22B1 interrupterswitch ... inputs.trisa = %00011111' PortB set as outputs. Pin 2 input Chapter 7 / Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle305PROGRAM 7.2turtle-receive.hex filelisting (continued)PROGRAM 7.3turtle-trans.bas...
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... 234Programming Crocobot 2397 Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle 271Turtles and Tortoises 271Overview of the Turtletron Project 272The History of Robotic Turtles 273Mechanical Construction ... generator quite often as well.None of the equipment shown in Figure 1.15 is required whenbuilding the robots in this book, but it will make your life as anChapter 1 / Tools, Test Equipment, and ... An electrichand 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, likethe one shown in Figure 1.5, would be a great idea....
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... Chapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog75FIGURE 4.26Cutting and drillingguide for robotic frogleg pieces.Amphibionics 04 3/24/03 8:23 AM Page ... Figure4.21 shows the finished frog robot body on which all of the othermechanical and electronic components will be mounted.Chapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog69FIGURE 4.19Cutting ... fallloose when the legs are retracted.Chapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog83FIGURE 4.36Right and left legsattached to the robot body.Amphibionics 04 3/24/03 8:23 AM Page 83 To...
... inProgram 4.1. Type the program into your favorite text editor andChapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog103FIGURE 4.62Rear-side view of thefinished robot frog.Amphibionics 04 3/24/03 ... by slithering along an S-shapedpath. On land, a snake presses down and pushes forward from theSerpentronic: Build Your Own Robotic Snake5Amphibionics 05 3/24/03 8:43 AM Page 117Copyright ... timer1returnChapter 4 / Frogbotic: BuildYourOwn Robotic Frog113PROGRAM 4.5frogbotic.bas programlisting (continued)Amphibionics 04 3/24/03 8:24 AM Page 113 lets go, the robot does not always leap...
... inspiration forthe robot in this chapter. Figure 6.1 shows the Nile crocodile alongwith its biologically inspired robotic counterpart. The robot croc-Crocobot: Build Your Own RoboticCrocodile6Amphibionics ... Chapter 6 / Crocobot: BuildYourOwn Robotic Crocodile207FIGURE 6.19Lower tail sectioncutting, drilling, andbending diagram.Amphibionics 06 3/24/03 9:02 AM Page 207 The robot s tail section ... Assemble each of the pieces, as shown inFigure 6.21, using three 6/32-inch ϫ 1/2-inch machine screwsand locking nuts.Chapter 6 / Crocobot: BuildYourOwn Robotic Crocodile205FIGURE 6.16Motor...
... connector—2.5-mmspacing(continued on next page)Chapter 6 / Crocobot: BuildYourOwn Robotic Crocodile233TABLE 6.4List of Par ts Needed to Build the TransmitterAmphibionics 06 3/24/03 9:02 AM Page 233 ... experimentation stages. We arenow ready to start programming the robot and transmitter.Chapter 6 / Crocobot: BuildYourOwn Robotic Crocodile237FIGURE 6.52Remote control circuitboard with ... diagram is shown in Figure 6.35. Using the module toreceive information from the transmitter will be described whenprogramming is covered.Chapter 6 / Crocobot: BuildYourOwn Robotic Crocodile221FIGURE...
... a wheel on the table and line up the center hole in one of thegearbox horns with the center of the wheel. Use a pencil to markChapter 7 / Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle277FIGURE ... lastchapter. The robot with the remote control is shown in Figure 7.2.The History of Robotic TurtlesWilliam Grey Walter built the first robotic turtles in the late 1940s.His work in robotics was ... this concept, in1948, Walter built a three-wheeled turtle-like mobile robot thatChapter 7 / Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle273FIGURE 7.2Turtletron with remotecontrol.Amphibionics...
... He is the author of Insectronics— Build YourOwn Walking Robot and has written for Nuts and Voltsmagazine. A resident of Ontario, Canada, Karl has hosted a robot- ics and electronics Web site ... Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle335Amphibionics 07 3/24/03 9:13 AM Page 335 For I = 1 to most_spacestate = switchwhile switch = stategosub turn_leftwendNext I' Move the robot ... Turtletron: BuildYourOwn Robotic Turtle339PROGRAM 7.13sonar-map.bas programlisting (continued)Amphibionics 07 3/24/03 9:13 AM Page 339 349Anita M. Flynn, Joseph L. Jones, Mobile Robots,...
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