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Learn Robotics Programming

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789340747
Pages 472 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Danny Staple Danny Staple
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Danny Staple builds robots and gadgets as a hobbyist, makes videos about his work with robots, and attends community events such as PiWars and Arduino Day. He has been a professional Python programmer, later moving into DevOps, since 2009, and a software engineer since 2000. He has worked with embedded systems, including embedded Linux systems, throughout the majority of his career. He has been a mentor at a local CoderDojo, where he taught how to code with Python. He has run Lego Robotics clubs with Mindstorms. He has also developed Bounce!, a visual programming language targeted at teaching code using the NodeMCU IoT platform. The robots he has built with his children include TankBot, SkittleBot (now the Pi Wars robot), ArmBot, and SpiderBot.
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Preface 1. Introduction to Robotics 2. Exploring Robot Building Blocks - Code and Electronics 3. Introducing the Raspberry Pi - Starting with Raspbian 4. Preparing a Raspberry Pi for a Robot - Headless by Default 5. Backing Up the Code with Git and SD Card Copies 6. Building Robot Basics - Wheels, Power, and Wiring 7. Drive and Turn - Moving Motors with Python 8. Programming Line-Following Sensors Using Python 9. Programming RGB Strips in Python 10. Using Python to Control Servo Motors 11. Programming Distance Sensors with Python 12. Programming Encoders with Python 13. Robot Vision - Using a Pi Camera and OpenCV 14. Voice Communication with a Robot Using Mycroft 15. Programming a Gamepad on Raspberry Pi with Python 16. Taking Your Robot Programming Skills Further 17. Planning Your Next Robot Project - Putting It All Together 18. Assessments 19. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Chapter 10, Using Python to Control Servo Motors

  • What does the acronym PWM stand for?
    • Pulse Width Modulation: the means of controlling a device by varying the size (or width in time) of pulses sent to the device
  • In terms of the Servo motor's internal mechanism, from what components is the error calculated?
    • The difference between the actual current position of the motor and the requested position of the motor
  • What is a servo "horn"?
    • A small collar with arms to attach to a servo motor spindle to convert its output into motion
  • What could result from a servo being impeded when trying to reach a requested position?
    • It can lead to overheating and damage to the servo motor.
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Danny Staple builds robots and gadgets as a hobbyist, makes videos about his work with robots, and attends community events such as PiWars and Arduino Day. He has been a professional Python programmer, later moving into DevOps, since 2009, and a software engineer since 2000. He has worked with embedded systems, including embedded Linux systems, throughout the majority of his career. He has been a mentor at a local CoderDojo, where he taught how to code with Python. He has run Lego Robotics clubs with Mindstorms. He has also developed Bounce!, a visual programming language targeted at teaching code using the NodeMCU IoT platform. The robots he has built with his children include TankBot, SkittleBot (now the Pi Wars robot), ArmBot, and SpiderBot.
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