Stiquito : Advanced Experiments with a Simple and Inexpensive Robot (Includes Robot Kit) - Softcover

Conrad, James M.; Mills, Jonathan W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0818674083 ISBN 13: 9780818674082

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1997

Synopsis

This revolutionary new book describes how to build an inexpensive,small–legged robot, and includes the robot kit. The book providesinformation on the design and control of legged robots and acurriculum for education that presents experiments and projectsthat illustrates what they teach. The experiments lead the readeron a tour of the current state of research in robotics. Stiquitohas also been used to teach in primary, secondary, and high schoolcurricula. The robot is intended for use as a research andeducational platform to study computational sensors, subsumptionarchitectures, neural gait control, behavior of social insects, andmachine vision. The robot may be powered and controlled through atether or autonomously with and on–board power supply andelectronics.

The book begins with an introduction that describes the birth ofStiquito. The chapters that follow describe the building process,its modifications, and its increased load capacity. Other chaptersexamine designs for simple controllers to enhance the functionalityof the robot and to give the robot intelligence and SCORPIOhardware designs for performing independent, intelligentoperations. The text also illustrates Stiquito′s uses in educationby presenting lab exercises, describing the use of nitinol inclassroom experiments, and providing a robotics curriculum forundergraduates. It examines further research on the role of logicin a mobile robot′s sensors, control, and locomotion; Stiquito′splatform for AI; and simulation of a robot guided by vision. Thebook concludes with a discussion of the future fornitinol–propelled walking robots.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The Stiquito robot ia a small, inexpensive, six–legged robot thatis intended for use as a research and educational tool. This bookdescribes how to assemble and build Stiquito, provides informationon the design and control of legged robots, illustrates itsresearch uses, and includes the robot kit. The experiments in thetext lead you on a tour of the current state of robotics research.The hobbyist with some digital electronics background will alsofind this book challenging.

Stiquito: Advanced Experiments with a simple and InexpensiveRobot begins with an introduction that describes the birth ofStiquito. The chapters that follow describe the building process,its modifications, and its increased load capacity. Other chaptersexamine designs for simple controllers to enhance the functionalityof the robot while giving the robot intelligence and hardwaredesigns for performing independent, intelligent operations. Inaddition, the book examinies further research on the role of logicin a mobile robot′s sensors, control, and locomotion; Stiquito′splatform for AI; and  simulation of a robot guided by vision.Stiquito concludes with a discussion of the future fornitinol–propelled walking robots.

The Stiquito On–Line Supplement is on the web!

This site, http://computer.org/books, has additional informationnot found in the book.

Contents:

• Stiquito Introduction and history
• Walking Robots
• Control of Walking Robots
• Using Stiquito for Research
• The Future of Stiquito

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0818674083
• ISBN 13: 9780818674082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328