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

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839218804

Length 602 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Danny Staple

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

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Preparing an SD card with Raspberry Pi OS

To use Raspberry Pi OS on a Raspberry Pi, you need to put the software onto a micro SD card in a way that means the Raspberry Pi can load it.

Raspberry Pi has created the Raspberry Pi Imager to put software onto an SD card. Let's download it and get the right image on our card:

Visit the Raspberry Pi software downloads page at raspberrypi.org/software, and select the Download for button for your computer, as shown in the following screenshot:
Figure 3.3 – Downloading the Raspberry Pi Imager
Figure 3.3 shows what this will look like; it should highlight the correct download button for your computer.
Install this using the instructions from Raspberry Pi.
Insert your micro SD card into the correct port on your laptop. You may need an adaptor.
Launch the Imager. We'll start here by choosing the OS. Select the CHOOSE OS button:
Figure 3.4 – The CHOOSE OS button
Figure 3.4 shows the CHOOSE OS button, found...