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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)

Steering a robot

Now we've made a robot drive forward. But how do we steer it? How will it turn left or right?

There are a few major forms of steering. We'll take a look at a few, settle on the one our robot actually has available to use, and write some test code to demonstrate it.

Types of steering

The most common techniques for steering a wheeled vehicle (including a robot) fall into two major categories, with a couple of slightly unusual variants.

Steerable wheels

In movable wheels, one or more wheel in a robot can be turned in a different direction from...