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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
8
Section 3: Face and Object Recognition Robot
12
Section 4: Smartphone-Controlled Robot

Installing and setting up QT5

QT is a cross-platform application framework generally used for embedded graphical user interfaces. The latest version of QT is 5, so it is also referred to as QT5. To install the QT5 software inside our RPi, open the Terminal window and type in the following command:

sudo apt-get install qt5-default

The output of the preceding command is shown in the following screenshot:

This command will download the necessary qt5 files that run in the backend. Next, for downloading and installing the QT5 IDE, type in the following command:

sudo apt-get install qtcreator

The installation of QT5 IDE will take around 10 to 15 minutes depending on your internet speed. If you face any problems while installing QT5, try updating and upgrading your RPi. To do this, type the following commands in your Terminal window:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
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