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batteries (Cont.):
CodeDesigner Lite, 115, 115-119, 118, 119
lithium, 30
NiCd, 29-38
Colossus the Corbin Project, 20
comparators, 60, 61-63, 63
power ratings for, 28, 29, 31-32 COG humanoid robot, 81
primary, 29-32 compasses:
secondary, 30-32 analog, 85
voltage of, 29, 30 digital, 82-84, 210
battery chargers: competitions:
NiCd, 33-35, 33-38 fire-fighting, 9
solar-powered, 38 robot wars, 11-12
Battlebots, 12 computer systems, AI in, 15-16
BEAM robotics, 165 Connecticut Robotics Society, 9
behavioral-based robotics, 165-199, 190-194 consciousness, 16, 17, 21
architecture of, 22 cruise missiles, 11
BEAM robotics, 194-199, 195, 196 Ctesibus, 1
building Walter tortoise, 168-189 cyborgs, 2
building intelligent photovore robot,
189-194 D
bend sensors, 92, 92, 93 DC motors, 54-58, 54-58
Berger, Hans, 167 design robots, 7
Binning, Gerd, 10 diagnostic testing robots, 9
bipedal walker robots, 233 digital compass, 82-84, 210
bipolar stepper motors, 217 direction—magnetic fields, sensors of, 82-85
blimps, 12, 270-280 dolphins, 260-261
CCD camera for, 276-277, 277, 279, 279 domestic robots, 12
construction of, 276 drive wheel/motor shaft connections, 222,
326 designing telepresence, 272 222, 223
helium/hydrogen, 274-275 drones, 11, 12
Internet sites related to, 280 DTMF IR system (see dual-tone
materials for, 274 multifrequency IR
parameters for, 273-274 communication/remote control system)
parts list for, 280 DTMF signal (see dual-tone multifrequency
R/C system for, 277, 278, 278 signal)
size of, 275-276 dual tone multifrequency (DTMF) IR
body sense (in sensors), 81-82 communication/remote control system,
bomb squads, 8 70-80
bottom-up intelligence, 166 adding digital display, 77, 77
Braitenberg, Valentino, 165 adding IR transmission, 77-78, 78, 79
Brooks, Rodney, 22, 101, 165 decoding, DTMF, 75, 75, 76, 76
buoyancy, 266 encoding, DTMF, 72-75, 73, 74
microcontroller, 75, 77
C remote control, 79, 80
CA (cellular automations), 17 signal, DTMF, 70-72, 71
cameras: testing, 77
in blimps, 276-277, 277, 279 dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) signal,
in telepresence robots, 205-208 70-72
Capek, Karel, 1
carbon-zinc batteries, 30 E
cellular automations (CA), 17 EEG (electroencephalograph), 167
chaos algorithms, 17 electrolytic tilt sensors, 211
Clarke, Arthur C., 20 Elektro the Moto Man, 2
Clinton, Bill, 40 ELIZA, 21

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