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telepresence robot (T-bot) (Cont.):
operation of, 207
Vehicles Experiments in Synthetic
parts list for, 212
R/C model car used in, 202-205, 203, 204, V Psychology (Valentino Braitenberg),
165
207-212 video system (T-bots), 206-207, 206-208,
rumble interface in, 210 211-212
speaking from, 208 Viking probes, 3
stereo-vision in, 208-210 virtual reality (VR), 201, 202, 259, 270
system for, 202 voice recognition systems, 143
system substructure for, 202-205, 203 voltage dividers, 61-62
tilt interface in, 210-211 VR (see virtual reality)
video range of, 211-212
video system for, 206-207, 206-208 W
telepresence surgery, 10 Waldo (Robert Heinlein), 201
Terminator I and II, 20 walker robots, 233-240, 236
Tesla, Nikola, 1 construction of, 238-240, 238-240
Thunderseat, 210 electronics for, 243-244
ti delay variable, 227, 228 leg linkage in, 240-242, 241, 242
Tilden, Mark, 24, 165 microcontroller program for, 244-246
tilt sensors, 210-211 parts list for, 246
tilt switches, 81, 81-82 servo motors in, 235, 240-244, 243, 244
top-down intelligence, 166 tripod gait in, 233-238, 234, 235, 237
tortoise robot (see Walter tortoise) Walter, William Grey, 22, 101, 165-168
touch sensors, 90-91, 91 Walter tortoise, 168-189
transmitters, TV (see TV transmitters attaching bumper to, 176-177
(blimps)) behavior of, 186-188
Trianthafyllou, George S., 267 bumper switch for, 177, 177, 178, 178 331
Trianthafyllou, Michael S., 267 center of gravity of, 176
Trinity College, 9 counterbalance for, 174
tripod gait, 233-238, 234, 235, 237 drive and steering motors for, 169-173,
TROVs (see telepresence remotely operated 169-174
vehicles) microcontrollers for, 182-183
tuna, 260-261 parts list for, 188
Turing, Alan, 21 photoresistor for, 177-180, 179, 180
Turing test, 21 power for, 183
TV transmitter kits (blimps), 276-278, 278, program for, 183, 183-186, 186
279 schematic for, 179, 181, 181-182
2001 (Arthur C. Clarke), 20 shell of, 174-176, 175, 176
war robots, 11
U waterproofing, 266
UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), 269 Weait, Richard, 247
UCN-5804 integrated circuit, 219, 219-222, WEB Blimp, 271-272
221, 229-232 Weizenbaum, Joseph, 21
ultrasonic sensors, 86-89, 86-90 wire control:
underwater robots, 259-268 for movement/drive systems, 43-45,
fish robot, 263-268 44-46
locomotion, 261, 263 or robotic arm, 283-286, 285
submarines, 262, 262-263, 263 World’s Fair, 1939, 2
TROVs, 259, 260 worms, 16
University of California (Berkeley),
271-272 Z
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 269 Zadah, Lotfi, 128

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