Product Benefits: - Explains how to create a prototype, where to buy parts, and how to program your finished robot to perform tasks.
- Projects and instruction teach the fundamental three-step robotic architecture of sensing the environment, making decisions, and performing actions.
- Discusses advanced robotic systems that use the same principles learned in the projects, and also what's happening today in the field of robotics.
Table of Contents: 1. The Runaway Robot, or Bug-Like Intelligence. 2. Built-In Intelligence. 3. Sensing and Acting. 4. Digital Brain. 5. Programming the DB-Bot. 6. Who Else is Using Digital Brains? 7. Extending DB-Bot. 8. Robotic Applications and New Directions. 9. What the Future Holds. |