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Learn Robotics Programming

You're reading from   Learn Robotics Programming Build and control AI-enabled autonomous robots using the Raspberry Pi and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839218804
Length 602 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Danny Staple Danny Staple
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Basics – Preparing for Robotics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Robotics FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring Robot Building Blocks – Code and Electronics 4. Chapter 3: Exploring the Raspberry Pi 5. Chapter 4: Preparing a Headless Raspberry Pi for a Robot 6. Chapter 5: Backing Up the Code with Git and SD Card Copies 7. Section 2: Building an Autonomous Robot – Connecting Sensors and Motors to a Raspberry Pi
8. Chapter 6: Building Robot Basics – Wheels, Power, and Wiring 9. Chapter 7: Drive and Turn – Moving Motors with Python 10. Chapter 8: Programming Distance Sensors with Python 11. Chapter 9: Programming RGB Strips in Python 12. Chapter 10: Using Python to Control Servo Motors 13. Chapter 11: Programming Encoders with Python 14. Chapter 12: IMU Programming with Python 15. Section 3: Hearing and Seeing – Giving a Robot Intelligent Sensors
16. Chapter 13: Robot Vision – Using a Pi Camera and OpenCV 17. Chapter 14: Line-Following with a Camera in Python 18. Chapter 15: Voice Communication with a Robot Using Mycroft 19. Chapter 16: Diving Deeper with the IMU 20. Chapter 17: Controlling the Robot with a Phone and Python 21. Section 4: Taking Robotics Further
22. Chapter 18: Taking Your Robot Programming Skills Further 23. Chapter 19: Planning Your Next Robot Project – Putting It All Together 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 5: Backing Up the Code with Git and SD Card Copies

As you create and customize the code for your robot, you will invest many hours in getting it to do awesome things that, unless you take precautions, could all suddenly disappear. The programs are not the whole story, as you've already started configuring Raspberry Pi OS for use on the robot. You want to keep your code and config in case of disaster, and to be able to go back if you make changes you regret.

This chapter will help you understand how exactly code or configuration can break and the disasters you might face while customizing code for your robot. We'll then take a look at three strategies for preventing this.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

  • Understanding how code can be broken or lost
  • Strategy 1 – Keeping the code on a PC and uploading it
  • Strategy 2 – Using Git to go back in time
  • Strategy 3 – Making SD card backups
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