Embedded Robotics

Thomas Bräunl is Professor at The University of Western Australia, Perth, where he directs the Robotics & Automation Lab as well as the Renewable Energy Vehicle Lab. He has developed numerous robotics systems, including the EyeBot robot family and the EyeSim simulation system. Professor Bräunl worked on Autonomous Driving Systems with Mercedes-Benz and on Electric Vehicle Systems with BMW. He holds a Diploma from Univ. Kaiserslautern, an M.S. degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. and Habilitation from Univ. Stuttgart.

Part I, Embedded Systems and Programming Environments.- Robots and Controllers.- Central Processing Unit.- Sensors.- Actuators.- Actuators.- Control.- Multitasking.- Wireless Communication.- Raspberry Pi.- Arduino.- Part II, Mobile Robot Design.- Driving Robots.- Omnidirectional Robots.- Balancing Robots.- Walking Robots.- Autonomous Planes.- Autonomous Vessels and Underwater Vehicles.- Robot Manipulators.- Simulation Systems.- Part III, Mobile Robot Applications.- Localization and Navigation.- Maze Exploration.- Map Generation.- Real-Time Image Processing.- Robot Soccer.- Neural Networks.- Evolutionary Computing Approaches.- Behavior-Based Systems.- Evolution of Walking Gaits.- Automotive Systems.- Outlook.- Appendices, Index.