Mobile Robotic Car Design (Tab Robotics)
Learn the theories and principles of robot design and operation as you build this 1:10 scale car that can regulate its own speed and direction, sense and respond to its environment, and even function as a security vehicle. Kachroo and Mellodge (both electrical and computing engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute) give step-by step instructions for building the car for less than $1,000, including its system structure, construction, environmental sensing, DC motors and servos, low-level and microprocessor control, mathematical modeling, control design, and simulation environments. They include photographs, schematics, parts information, and a list of hardware sources, as well as free code for the car's printed circuit board at the companion web site. Now, if you could just shrink yourself to 1:10. (Sci-Tech Book News2004-12-01)