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sight sensors (see light sensors (sight))
signal conditioning, 60-63
construction/operation of, 215
silicon life, 18
electrical circuit of, 223-224
first stepper circuit for, 222-223
smart bombs, 11 stepper motors (Cont.):
“smart” weaponry, 11 first test circuit and program, 224-225
SMAs (shaped memory alloys), 43 half-stepping with, 215-217, 216
smell sensors, 94-96, 95, 96 microcontrollers for, 229-232, 230, 231
Sojourner, 4-7, 6 in movement and drive systems, 47,
solar cells (see photovoltaic cells) 47-49, 49
solar engines, 24-29, 25, 27, 29 parts list for, 232
solar-ball robots, 247-257, 248, 249 real-world applications of, 271-218
assembly of, 255, 257 resolution of, 215
construction of, 250-252, 250-253 second test circuit and program, 225-228,
electronics for, 253-255, 254, 255 228, 229
gearbox for, 247-250, 249, 252 troubleshooting, 228-229
higher behavior module for, 256, 256 UCN-5804 integrated circuit, 219, 219-
improvements to, 255-256 222, 221, 229-232
locomotion in, 255 stereo-vision, 208-210
parts list for stimulus-response mechanism, 165 (See also
solar-powered battery charger, 38 behavioral-based robotics)
solar-powered robots, 23-24 STMs (scanning tunneling microscopes), 10
solenoid air valve, 311, 312 Strouhal number, 261
solenoids, 45-46, 46 (See also rotary “stuffing the board,” 7
solenoids) submarines, 262, 262-263, 263
sound sensors, 86-90 submersibles, 1
Sparko, 2 subsumption architecture, 22, 101, 165 (See
330 speech control (robotic arm), 294-298, 295 also behavioral-based robotics)
speech recognition sensors, 85 supercomputer capabilities, 16
speech-controlled mobile robot, 143-163, suppliers list, 323
155 surgery, robots used in, 10
acoustic coupling for, 153, 154 switches:
general speech-recognition interfacing bumper, 177, 177, 178, 178
circuit for, 155-161, 156, 160, 161 photoresistive light switch, 64
improving word recognition in, 160 reading, with artificial intelligence, 120-
interface circuit in, 152-155, 153, 154, 122, 120-122
162-163 in sensors, 92
matching environment and equipment in, tilt, 81, 81-82
160, 162
speech-recognition circuit in, 143-152, T
162 tails, for swimming, 263-266, 265
training and controlling, 154 T-bot (see telepresence robot)
walkie-talkies used in, 153 telepresence flight control systems, 269-270
speech-recognition circuit (SRC), 143-152, telepresence remotely operated vehicles
162 (TROVs), 259, 260
building, 146-152, 149-152 telepresence robot (T-bot), 201-212
listening by, 144-145 cameras in, 205-208
parts list for, 162 construction of, 205-208, 206-208
speaker-dependent/independent, 145 controls for, 208
and styles of speech, 145-146 definition of, 201
SRC (see speech-recognition circuit) digital compass in, 210
statistical networks, 21 eyes for, 204-205, 205
stepper motors, 214-232, 217, 218, 224 improvements to, 208-212

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