Stiquito Controlled!: Making a Truly Autonomous Robot (Systems) - Softcover

Conrad, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471488828 ISBN 13: 9780471488828

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), 2005

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This book helps you 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; and 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.

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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.

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0471488828
• ISBN 13: 9780471488828
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar