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Hands-On Robotics Programming with C++

By : Dinesh Tavasalkar, Lentin Joseph
Book Image

Hands-On Robotics Programming with C++

By: Dinesh Tavasalkar, Lentin Joseph

Overview of this book

C++ is one of the most popular legacy programming languages for robotics, and a combination of C++ and robotics hardware is used in many leading industries. This book will bridge the gap between Raspberry Pi and C/C++ programming and enable you to develop applications for Raspberry Pi. You'll even be able to implement C programs in Raspberry Pi with the WiringPi library. The book will guide you through developing a fully functional car robot and writing programs to move it in different directions. You’ll then create an obstacle-avoiding robot using an ultrasonic sensor. In addition to this, you’ll find out how to control the robot wirelessly using your PC or Mac. This book will also help you work with object detection and tracking using OpenCV, and guide you through exploring face detection techniques. Finally, you will create an Android app and control the robot wirelessly with an Android smartphone. By the end of this book, you will have gained experience in developing a robot using Raspberry Pi and C/C++ programming.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Getting Started with wiringPi on a Raspberry Pi
4
Section 2: Raspberry Pi Robotics
8
Section 3: Face and Object Recognition Robot
12
Section 4: Smartphone-Controlled Robot

Pairing the Android smartphone and RPi via Bluetooth

In this section, we will use the Terminal window to pair the Android's Bluetooth with the RPi's Bluetooth. Before we start with the pairing process, we need to install a Bluetooth package inside our RPi and make modifications to certain files. To do this, take the following steps:

  1. First, to install the Bluetooth package, enter the following command in the Terminal window:
sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev

The output of the preceding command can be seen in the following screenshot:

  1. Next, we will open the bluetooth.service file and make some minor modifications. To open the file, enter the following command:
sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service
  1. Next, type -C after /bluetoothd. This will turn on the compatible mode of the RPi's Bluetooth as follows:
  1. After this, press Ctrl + O and then hit...