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Learn Robotics Programming - Second Edition

By : Danny Staple
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Learn Robotics Programming - Second Edition

By: Danny Staple

Overview of this book

We live in an age where the most complex or repetitive tasks are automated. Smart robots have the potential to revolutionize how we perform all kinds of tasks with high accuracy and efficiency. With this second edition of Learn Robotics Programming, you'll see how a combination of the Raspberry Pi and Python can be a great starting point for robot programming. The book starts by introducing you to the basic structure of a robot and shows you how to design, build, and program it. As you make your way through the book, you'll add different outputs and sensors, learn robot building skills, and write code to add autonomous behavior using sensors and a camera. You'll also be able to upgrade your robot with Wi-Fi connectivity to control it using a smartphone. Finally, you'll understand how you can apply the skills that you've learned to visualize, lay out, build, and code your future robot building projects. By the end of this book, you'll have built an interesting robot that can perform basic artificial intelligence operations and be well versed in programming robots and creating complex robotics projects using what you've learned.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: The Basics – Preparing for Robotics
7
Section 2: Building an Autonomous Robot – Connecting Sensors and Motors to a Raspberry Pi
15
Section 3: Hearing and Seeing – Giving a Robot Intelligent Sensors
21
Section 4: Taking Robotics Further

Soldering – attaching headers to the IMU

Most IMU breakouts, including the suggested PM448, are likely to come with headers in a bag, which you will need to solder onto the board. You are going to need a small bit of tuition if you want to solder on these headers:

Figure 12.2 – Bare PIM448 with headers

The preceding image shows the PIM448 as it comes out of the bag. On the left is the ICM20948 board with only holes and no headers. In the middle are the male headers, while the female headers are on the right. We will use the male headers since these are easier to hold in place when soldering.

As we mentioned in the Technical requirements section, you need a soldering iron and solder, a soldering iron stand, safety goggles, an extractor or well-ventilated space, an additional breadboard, and a well-lit workspace. Soldering creates fumes that you do not want to breathe in.

Wear your safety goggles at this point. Heat the soldering iron...