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Learn Robotics Programming - Third Edition
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Learn Robotics Programming
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Overview of this book
Learn Robotics Programming, Third Edition, addresses a common challenge for developers, hobbyists, and newcomers: turning robotics ideas into building and programming real, functional robots. While many resources focus either on theory or isolated components, it can be difficult to bring together hardware, software, and intelligent behavior into a working robotic system.
This book provides a structured, hands-on path to designing and building robots using Raspberry Pi and Python. You’ll start by assembling a mobile robot and setting up its core systems, then progressively add capabilities such as motor control, sensor integration, and remote operation through web interfaces. As you advance, you’ll implement vision and voice features using OpenCV and ML voice models and explore intelligent behaviors, including localisation and sensor fusion, to help your robot navigate and respond to its environment.
By the end of the book, you’ll have built a fully functional robot and developed the skills to design, program, and extend your own robotic systems. Whether you are getting started or already have programming experience, you’ll learn how to combine hardware and software into cohesive solutions and apply practical techniques for creating responsive, intelligent robots.
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Table of Contents (28 chapters)
Preface
Part 1: The Basics – Preparing for Robotics
Chapter 1: Introduction to Robotics
Chapter 2: Exploring Robot Building Blocks – Code and Electronics
Chapter 3: Preparing a Headless Raspberry Pi for a Robot
Chapter 4: Protecting Robot Code with Git
Part 2: Building an Autonomous Robot – Connecting Sensors and Motors to a Raspberry Pi
Chapter 5: Building Robot Basics – Wheels, Power, and Wiring
Chapter 6: Drive and Turn – Moving Motors with MQTT and Python
Chapter 7: Driving the Robot with a Phone and Python
Chapter 8: Programming Distance Sensors with Python
Chapter 9: Avoiding Obstacles with Distance Sensors
Chapter 10: Using Python to Control Servo Motors
Chapter 11: Programming Encoders with Python
Chapter 12: Encoder-Based Localisation with Python
Chapter 13: IMU-Based Robot Navigation with Python
Part 3: Hearing and Seeing – Giving a Robot Intelligent Sensors
Chapter 14: Robot Vision – Using a Pi Camera and OpenCV
Chapter 15: Line-Following with a Camera in Python
Chapter 16: Voice Control AI on a Robot with Python
Chapter 17: Robot Localisation and Sensor Fusion with Python
Part 4: Taking Robotics Further
Chapter 18: Taking Your Robot Programming Skills Further
Chapter 19: Unlock Access to the Code Bundle and the PDF Version
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Index
Appendix A: Shopping for Robot Parts