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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

Enabling and connecting the RPi camera to RPi

Before connecting the RPi camera to the RPi, we need to enable the Camera option from the RPi configuration:

  1. Open a Terminal window and enter sudo raspi-config to open the RPi configuration.
  2. Select Advanced Options and press Enter to open it:
  1. Select the Camera option and press Enter to open it:
  1. Select Yes and press Enter to enable the Camera option:
  1. Select Ok and press Enter:
  1. Exit the RPi configuration and shut down your RPi.
While connecting the RPi camera to the RPi, make sure that the RPi is turned off.

Now that we have finished the setup, let's connect the camera.

Connecting the RPi camera to RPi

Connecting the RPi camera to RPi is an easy, but delicate...