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by Tracey Hughes, Cameron Hughes
Robot Programming: A Guide to Controlling Autonomous Robots
- About This E-Book
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction: Robot Boot Camp
- 1. What Is a Robot Anyway?
- The Seven Criteria of Defining a Robot
- Criterion #1: Sensing the Environment
- Criterion #2: Programmable Actions and Behavior
- Criterion #3: Change, Interact with, or Operate on Environment
- Criterion #4: Power Source Required
- Criterion #5: A Language Suitable for Representing Instructions and Data
- Criterion #6: Autonomy Without External Intervention
- Criterion #7: A Nonliving Machine
- Robot Categories
- What Is a Sensor?
- What Is an Actuator?
- What Is an End-Effector?
- What Is a Controller?
- What Scenario Is the Robot In?
- Giving the Robot Instructions
- The Seven Criteria of Defining a Robot
- Code Snippets
- 2. Robot Vocabularies
- 3. RSVP: Robot Scenario Visual Planning
- 4. Checking the Actual Capabilities of Your Robot
- 5. A Close Look at Sensors
- What Do Sensors Sense?
- Analog and Digital Sensors
- Reading Analog and Digital Signals
- The Output of a Sensor
- Where Readings Are Stored
- Active and Passive Sensors
- Sensor Interfacing with Microcontrollers
- Attributes of Sensors
- Range and Resolution
- Precision and Accuracy
- Linearity
- Sensor Calibration
- Problems with Sensors
- End User Calibration Process
- Calibration Methods
- What’s Ahead?
- What Do Sensors Sense?
- 6. Programming the Robot’s Sensors
- 7. Programming Motors and Servos
- 8. Getting Started with Autonomy: Building Your Robot’s Softbot Counterpart
- 9. Robot SPACES
- 10. An Autonomous Robot Needs STORIES
- 11. Putting It All Together: How Midamba Programmed His First Autonomous Robot
- Midamba’s Initial Scenario
- Midamba Becomes a Robot Programmer Overnight!
- Step 1. Robots in the Warehouse Scenario
- Step 2. The Robot’s Vocabulary and ROLL Model for Facility Scenario #1
- Step 3. RSVP for Facility Scenario #1
- Visual Layouts of a Robot POV Diagram
- Midamba’s Facility Scenario #1 (Refined)
- Graphical Flowchart Component of the RSVP
- State Diagram Component of the RSVP
- Midamba’s STORIES for Robot Unit1 and Unit2
- Endnote
- Midamba’s Initial Scenario
- 12. Open Source SARAA Robots for All!
- A. BURT’s Gotchas
- Index
Robot Programming: A Guide to Controlling Autonomous Robots
Cameron Hughes
Tracey Hughes
800 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240
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