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Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico

You're reading from   Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico Build autonomous robots with the versatile low-cost Raspberry Pi Pico controller and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246079
Length 400 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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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. Part 1: The Basics – Preparing for Robotics with Raspberry Pi Pico
2. Chapter 1: Planning a Robot with Raspberry Pi Pico FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Preparing Raspberry Pi Pico 4. Chapter 3: Designing a Robot Chassis in FreeCAD 5. Chapter 4: Building a Robot around Pico 6. Chapter 5: Driving Motors with Raspberry Pi Pico 7. Part 2: Interfacing Raspberry Pi Pico with Simple Sensors and Outputs
8. Chapter 6: Measuring Movement with Encoders on Raspberry Pi Pico 9. Chapter 7: Planning and Shopping for More Devices 10. Chapter 8: Sensing Distances to Detect Objects with Pico 11. Chapter 9: Teleoperating a Raspberry Pi Pico Robot with Bluetooth LE 12. Part 3: Adding More Robotic Behaviors to Raspberry Pi Pico
13. Chapter 10: Using the PID Algorithm to Follow Walls 14. Chapter 11: Controlling Motion with Encoders on Raspberry Pi Pico 15. Chapter 12: Detecting Orientation with an IMU on Raspberry Pi Pico 16. Chapter 13: Determining Position Using Monte Carlo Localization 17. Chapter 14: Continuing Your Journey – Your Next Robot 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Technical requirements

For this chapter, you will require the following:

  • The robot from Chapter 11, Controlling Motion with Encoders on Raspberry Pi Pico
  • The robot, encoder, and PID code from Chapter 11, Controlling Motion with Encoders on Raspberry Pi Pico
  • A screwdriver, bolts, and stand-offs
  • Dupont jumper cables
  • A space where strong magnets can be avoided
  • A PC or laptop
  • An Android/iOS smartphone with Bluetooth LE and the Bluefruit LE Connect app

You can find the code for this chapter at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Robotics-at-Home-with-Raspberry-Pi-Pico/tree/main/ch-12.

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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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