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Hands-On Robotics with JavaScript

By : Kassandra Perch
Book Image

Hands-On Robotics with JavaScript

By: Kassandra Perch

Overview of this book

JavaScript has an effective set of frameworks and libraries that provide support for embedded device programming and the robotics ecosystem. You’ll be able to put your JavaScript knowledge to work with this practical robotics guide. The book starts by guiding you in setting up an environment to program robots with JavaScript and Rasberry Pi 3. You will build beginner-level projects, such as a line-following robot, and then upgrade your robotics skills with a series of projects that help you get to grips with the Johnny-Five library. As you progress, you’ll learn how you can improve your projects by enabling advanced hardware components and programming concepts. You’ll even build an advanced AI-enabled robot, connect its NodeBots to the internet, create a NodeBots Swarm, and explore Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT). By the end of this book, you will have enhanced your robot programming skills by building a range of simple to complex projects.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Continuing on your NodeBots adventure


Here are a few pieces of advice I've curated over the years to help you continue on your NodeBots journey; I hope they help you and I can't wait to see what you build!

 

Figuring out what to build

I tend to keep a note file open on my phone of cool things I'd like to have. Then, I go through that list and think: can I build this? I make sure not to consider whether I can buy it straight-up right away—sometimes it's more fun to build the thing you want instead of just buying it, and about 90% of the time, you end up being able to build a project that suits you instead of making do with a store-bought item that doesn't quite do everything you need.

Reaching out to the NodeBots community

Join us on Gitter at https://gitter.im/rwaldron/johnny-five. We love to help troubleshoot problems and answer questions! When you see someone doing NodeBots on Twitter, Reddit, and so on, make sure to reach out! Collaboration brings solutions and innovation, and it's a case...