A robot has a mechanical body and an electronic nerve system to drive it. For the robot to do something useful. you need to be able toprogram it with some kind of intelligence. This can vary from hardwired logical circuits implementing some early robots to low-level reflex code on microcontrollers used in many small robotics projects. Incomplicated robotics systems, the control system can go up to advanced neural network control systems running on powerful microcomputers networked together. Included in the mechanical aspects of robot building would be metal working, mechanical engineering, and electrical motors. Electronic systems fall into three categories: power drivers, discrete electronics and a microcontroller. To be able to build your own robots, you need to understand something on all of those fields.Robotics isn't an easy hobby - it does require some skills. Besides the obvious - mechanics, programming, and electronics, there are the less obvious skills of dilligence and genuine curiosity.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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