Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Making a Robot -- What sort? -- Getting down to detail -- Controlling the robot -- Programming a PIC -- Simulating the PIC -- Part 1 Robot Behaviour -- Activities of mobile robots -- Activities of gantry robots -- Feedback -- Random activity -- Subsumption -- Input and output requirements -- Distributed processing -- Part 2 Robot Mechanics -- Materials -- Fixings -- Tools -- Planning a mobile robot body -- Wheels -- Motors -- Solenoids -- Construction kits -- Suppliers -- Part 3 Robot Electronics -- Materials -- Tools -- Components -- Power supplies -- The controller circuit -- Input circuits -- Output circuits -- Radio -- Testing the circuit -- Suppliers -- Part 4 PICs in Control -- Programming a PIC -- The PIC16F690 -- Special functions -- Comparators -- AD converters -- Serial receiver/transmitter -- Data memory -- The PIR1 and PIR2 registers -- The INTCON register -- Other PICs -- Part 5 PIC Programming -- Program segments -- Inputs and outputs -- Mode select routine -- Branching instructions -- Steering a mobile robot -- Detecting objects -- Avoiding objects -- Musical tones -- Look-up tables -- Using two processors -- Mathematical operations -- Random numbers -- Calibrating the system -- Software replaces hardware -- Part 6 Projects -- 6.1 The Scooter -- 6.2 The Android -- 6.3 A robotic toy -- 6.4 The Quester -- 6.5 The Gantry -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Last Page.