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You're reading from BeagleBone Robotic Projects Developer or hobbyist, you'll love the way this book helps you turn the BeagleBone Black into a working robot. From listening and speaking to seeing and moving, we'll show you how ‚Äì step by step.

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783559329

Length 244 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

BeagleBone

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Author (1):

Richard Grimmett

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

BeagleBone Robotic Projects

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Getting Started with the BeagleBone Black FREE CHAPTER

2. Programming the BeagleBone Black

3. Providing Speech Input and Output

4. Allowing the BeagleBone Black to See

5. Making the Unit Mobile – Controlling Wheeled Movement

6. Making the Unit Very Mobile – Controlling Legged Movement

7. Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors

8. Going Truly Mobile – Remote Control of Your Robot

9. Using a GPS Receiver to Locate Your Robot

10. System Dynamics

11. By Land, Sea, and Air

Index

Basic Linux commands and navigating the filesystem

After completing Chapter 1, Getting Started with the BeagleBone Black, you should have a working BeagleBone Black running a version of Linux called Ubuntu. We selected this distribution because it is the most popular and has the largest set of supported hardware and software. The commands I am going to review should also work with other versions of Linux, but I'll be showing examples using Ubuntu.

Prepare for lift off

So, power up your BeagleBone Black and log in using the proper username and password. If you are going to log in remotely, go ahead and establish the connection and log in. Now we will take a quick tour of Linux. This will not be extensive, but we will walk through some of the basic commands.

Engage thrusters

Once you have logged in, you should open up a terminal window. If you are logging in using a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, or using vncserver, you'll find the terminal selection by selecting the Applications Menu in the upper...