Practical Robot Design: Game Playing Robots
Jagannathan Kanniah, Singapore Polytechnic;
Muhammet Fikret Ercan, Singapore Polytechnic;
Carlos A. Acosta Calderon, Singapore Polytechnic
CRC Press, Inc., 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4398-1033-0;
Language: English
Designed for beginners, undergraduate students, and robotics enthusiasts, Practical Robot Design: Game Playing Robots is a comprehensive guide to the theory, design, and construction of game-playing robots. Drawing on years of robot building and teaching experience, the authors demonstrate the key steps of building a robot from beginning to end, with independent examples for extra modules. Each chapter covers basic theory and key topics, including actuators, sensors, robot vision, and control, with examples and case studies from robotic games. Furthermore, the book discusses the application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and provides algorithms, and application examples with MATLAB code.
The book includes:
- Comprehensive coverage on drive motors and drive motor control.
- References to vendor websites, as necessary.
- Digital control techniques, with a focus on implementation.
- Techniques for designing and implementing slightly advanced controllers for pole-balancing robots.
- Basic artificial intelligence techniques with examples in MATLAB.
- Discussion of the vision systems, sensor systems, and controlling of robots.
The result of a summer course for students taking up robotic games as their final-year project, this book provides readers with the necessary background, as well as the understanding of how various engineering fields are amalgamated in robotics.
MATLAB is used to solve application examples throughout the book.
