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Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials

By : Richard Grimmett
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Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials

By: Richard Grimmett

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Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials
Richard Grimmett
Jun, 2015 | 158 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials
Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Configuring and Programming Raspberry Pi
Configuring and Programming Raspberry Pi
Configuring Raspberry Pi – the brain of your robot
Installing the operating system
Adding a remote graphical user interface
Programming on Raspberry Pi
Summary
2
Building the Biped
Building the Biped
Building robots that can walk
How servo motors work
Building the biped platform
Using a servo controller to control the servos
Communicating with the servo controller with a PC
Connecting the servo controller to the Raspberry Pi
Creating a program to control your biped
Summary
3
Motion for the Biped
Motion for the Biped
A basic stable pose
A basic walking motion
A basic turn for the robot
Summary
4
Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors
Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors
Connecting Raspberry Pi to an infrared sensor
Connecting Raspberry Pi to a USB sonar sensor
Summary
5
Path Planning and Your Biped
Path Planning and Your Biped
Connecting a digital compass to the Raspberry Pi
Accessing the compass programmatically
Dynamic path planning for your robot
Summary
6
Adding Vision to Your Biped
Adding Vision to Your Biped
Installing a camera on your biped robot
Downloading and installing OpenCV – a fully featured vision library
Edge Detection and OpenCv
Color and motion finding
Summary
7
Accessing Your Biped Remotely
Accessing Your Biped Remotely
Adding a wireless dongle and creating an access point
Adding a joystick remote control
Adding the capability to see remotely
Summary
Index
Index

Summary

Now, your robot is mobile. The next step is to add some sensors so that your robot can avoid, or find, objects in its path.

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