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Mobile Robotic Car Design

Name: Mobile Robotic Car Design
Author: Pushkin Kachroo, Patricia Mellodge
ISBN: 9780071438704

by Pushkin Kachroo, Patricia Mellodge

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Overview

This book enables hobbyists to build their own robotic car, about 1/10th the size of a standard vehicle, for under $1000 -- and learn the mechanical and electrical theory and design secrets behind it.

* Step-by-step instructions for building the vehicle, from theory and design to hardware and software implementation

* Discussions on mathematical modeling, control design theory, sensors, servos, motors, controllers, and environmental sensing

* Printed circuit board files for the car can be downloaded for free from accompanying website

About the Author, Pushkin Kachroo, Patricia Mellodge

Pushkin Kachroo, Ph.D., P.E., is a noted robotics theorist and developer. The author of three books and more than 75 papers published in technical journals and conferences, he is an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. He earned his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley; his master's degree at Rice University; and his bachelor’s degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He obtained his Professional Engineering license from the state of Ohio in 1995.

Patricia Mellodge specializes in mobile robot control. An electrical engineering graduate of the University of Rhode Island, she designed analog control circuits for Optigain, Inc., before joining the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. In 2002, she received her master's degree and is currently pursuing her Ph.D.