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Hands-On Robotics Programming with C++

By : Dinesh Tavasalkar, Lentin Joseph
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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
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Section 3: Face and Object Recognition Robot
12
Section 4: Smartphone-Controlled Robot

Technical requirements

For this chapter, the following software and hardware will be required.

Software required

Please download the following software if you want to follow along with the instructions in this chapter:

  • Raspbian Stretch: Raspbian Stretch is the operating system (OS) that we will write to a microSD card. Stretch is the OS that will run our Raspberry Pi. It can be downloaded from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ This OS is developed specifically for the Raspberry Pi.
  • Balena Etcher: This software will format the microSD card and write the Raspbian Stretch image to the microSD card. It can be downloaded from https://www.balena.io/etcher/.
  • PuTTY: We will use PuTTY to connect our Raspberry Pi to a...