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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)

Chapter 11, Programming Distance Sensors with Python

  • What might interfere with a light-based distance sensor?
    • Sunlight, florescent lighting, and other light based sensors – such timing sensors used on tracks
  • Why do we divide our speed of sound number by 2?
    • Because the sound pulse has travelled from our robot to the object and then back – twice the distance
  • Why in the more complicated behavior has a variable delay been introduced?
    • To ensure the robot drives back for some time and doesn't jitter
  • Why could the robot still reverse into things?
    • There are no rear sensors and the robot is not moving accurately enough to construct a map.