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Learn Robotics Programming

By : Danny Staple
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Learn Robotics Programming

By: Danny Staple

Overview of this book

We live in an age where the most difficult human tasks are now automated. Smart and intelligent robots, which will perform different tasks precisely and efficiently, are the requirement of the hour. A combination of Raspberry Pi and Python works perfectly when making these kinds of robots. Learn Robotics Programming starts by introducing you to the basic structure of a robot, along with how to plan, build, and program it. As you make your way through the book, you will gradually progress to adding different outputs and sensors, learning new building skills, and writing code for interesting behaviors with sensors. You’ll also be able to update your robot, and set up web, phone, and Wi-Fi connectivity in order to control it. By the end of the book, you will have built a clever robot that can perform basic artificial intelligence (AI) operations.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Using Python to Control Servo Motors

Servo motors can be used to make precise and quite repeatable motions. They can be controlled with the Raspberry Pi or add-on boards. We will be using them to build a pan and tilt mechanism—a head to position a sensor.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • What servo motors are and where you might see them in use
  • How servo motors are positioned and how to position them with the Raspberry Pi
  • What a pan and tilt mechanism is and how to build one with servo motors
  • How to add this pan and tilt service to the robot object and test it