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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)

Online robot building communities – forums and social media

Robot building is a topic that shares space with the general community of makers. Makers are everywhere. There are ham radio and electronics enthusiasts who are more connected with the electronics side of the robot building; there are artists who are using devices such as the Arduino and Raspberry Pi to bring their creations to life. Teachers are using these devices to show children the world of technology, or to assist in teaching other subjects to them. There are also people with problems to solve, and brilliant and sometimes crazy ideas to try out.

Robotics can be part of the maker community, which has a very strong presence on social media such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Searching them for tags such as #raspberrypi (https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaspberryPi), #arduino (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arduino...