Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroductionAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Autonomous Mobile RobotsChapter 2: Control SystemsChapter 3: BehaviorsChapter 4: ArbitrationChapter 5: ProgrammingChapter 6: DecompositionChapter 7: Physical InterfacesChapter 8: ImplementationChapter 9: Future RobotsAPPENDIX A: MATHEMATICS OF DIFFERENTIAL DRIVEAPPENDIX B: BSimAPPENDIX C: FREQUENTLY USED FUNCTIONSAPPENDIX D: PSEUDOCODEAPPENDIX E: BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

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Jones, one of the inventors of the first widely adopted consumer robot,introduces the history and theory behind behavior-based programming, teaches skills needed for programming a robot, and provides readers with a virtual robot on a web site to test programming expertise. Using an intuitive method, he deconstructs robot control into simple behaviors that are easy to program and debug for inexpensive microcontrollers with little memory. No background is required in programming or robotics. Sci-Tech Book News 20040601