What this book covers
Chapter 1, Configuring and Programming Raspberry Pi, begins with a discussion on how to connect power, and it continues through setting up a full system that's configured and ready to begin connecting any of the amazing devices and Software capabilities to develop advanced robotics applications.
Chapter 2, Building the Biped, shows how to construct the mechanics of the biped platform whether you want to use 3D print, purchase, or construct your own legs and body.
Chapter 3, Motion for the Biped, talks about how once you have the platform built, you'll need to program it to walk, wave, play dead, or perform any number of neat motion segments so that you can coordinate the movement of your platform.
Chapter 4, Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors, shows you how to add IR sensors so that you can avoid running into barriers.
Chapter 5, Path Planning and Your Biped, covers how to plan the movement of your biped. As you move around, you'll want to be able to move from point A to point B.
Chapter 6, Adding Vision to Your Biped, provides the details of how to connect a webcam, the hardware, and the software so that we can use it to input visual data into our system.
Chapter 7, Accessing Your Biped Remotely, covers the basics of how to configure the Raspberry Pi as a wireless access point so that you can control your biped remotely.
