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Raspberry Pi Robotic Projects - Third Edition

By : Richard Grimmett

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Raspberry Pi Robotic Projects

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By: Richard Grimmett

Overview of this book

This book will allow you to take full advantage of Raspberry Pi Zero and Raspberry Pi 3 by building both simple and complex robotic projects. The book takes a mission-critical approach to show you how to build amazing robots and helps you decide which board to use for which type of robot. The book puts a special emphasis on designing mobile (or movable) robots using the Raspberry Pi Zero. The projects will show inexpensive, yet powerful, ways to take full advantage. It will teach you how to program Raspberry Pi, control the movement of your robot, and add features to your robots.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

Who this book is for

What you need for this book

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

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1. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi

1. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi

Setting up the Raspberry Pi 3

Powering the board

Hooking up a keyboard, mouse, and display

Installing the operating system

Adding Internet access

Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero

Powering the board

Hooking up a keyboard, mouse, and display

Installing the operating system

Adding Internet access

Summary

2. Building Your Own Futuristic Robot

2. Building Your Own Futuristic Robot

Modifying the R2D2

Controlling R2D2 using the Raspberry Pi in Python

Adding voice recognition

Using eSpeak to allow your robot to speak

Using PocketSphinx to accept your voice commands

Interpreting commands and initiating actions

Adding video capability

Downloading and installing OpenCV - a fully featured vision library

Controlling your R2D2 remotely

Summary

3. Building a Wall-E Robot

3. Building a Wall-E Robot

Creating the hardware platform

Building Wall-E's arms

Controlling Wall-E's tracks using a Raspberry Pi in Python

How servo motors work

Using a servo controller to control the servos

Communicating between the servo controller and a PC

Controlling the Servo Controller with the Raspberry Pi

Creating a program in Linux to control Wall-E's arms

Adding the Kinect 360 to your Wall-E

Accessing the Kinect 360 using the Raspberry Pi

Controlling your Wall-E remotely

Summary

4. Building a Robotic Fish

4. Building a Robotic Fish

Creating the hardware platform

Adding the electronics to your fish

Adding the RaspiCamera

Controlling your fish remotely

Summary

5. Creating a Robotic Hand with the Raspberry Pi

5. Creating a Robotic Hand with the Raspberry Pi

Creating the hardware platform

Moving the hand

Connecting the servo controller to the Raspberry Pi

Controlling your hand

Following your hand

Summary

6. A Self-Balancing Robot

6. A Self-Balancing Robot

Creating the hardware platform

Adding the electronics to your platform

Controlling the DC motors

Reading the IMU

Accessing the compass programmatically

The balancing algorithm

Summary

7. Adding the Raspberry Pi to a Quadcopter

7. Adding the Raspberry Pi to a Quadcopter

Accessing the hardware platform

Connecting to the hardware

Remote communication

Adding GPS to your quadcopter

Connecting the Raspberry Pi to a USB GPS device

Accessing the USB GPS programmatically

Summary

Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero

While the Raspberry Pi Zero is a powerful computer, you'll need some additional hardware to access this capability. Here are the items you'll need to set up the Raspberry Pi Zero:

A Raspberry Pi Zero
A micro USB cable and power supply to provide power to the board
A display with an HDMI video input
A keyboard, a mouse, and a powered USB hub
A micro SD card - with at least 4 GB capacity
A micro SD card writer
Another computer that is connected to the Internet
A WLAN USB dongle
A 40x2 pin connector strip

Before you get started, let's get familiar with the Raspberry Pi Zero. Here is an image of the hardware:

Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero

Note that the GPIO pin male headers are not pre-soldered to the board; you'll want to do that. You can buy these at most online electronics retailers. You should also become familiar with the various connections on the board. Here, you can see the Raspberry Pi Zero with the connector soldered and the connections labeled for your information:

Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero

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