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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 PuTTY or SSH to connect to your Raspberry Pi

Earlier, we added a file to our Raspberry Pi boot named ssh. This activated the SSH service on the Pi. As mentioned before, SSH is an abbreviation for a secure shell, intended for secure network access. In this case, we are not specifically targeting the secure encryption capabilities, although those are still a good idea when using the robot in a public place, such as a competition, but are using the remote networking capability of being able to send instructions and files to and from the Raspberry Pi without having physical access to it.

The PuTTY tool is a handy tool for accessing SSH and is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. If you already have and use an SSH client, please use that, but it is worth noting that not all of the Windows command-line SSH clients support the Zeroconf/Bonjour protocol.

PuTTY installation information...