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Python Robotics Projects

You're reading from Python Robotics Projects

Product type Book

Published in May 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788832922

Pages 340 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Prof. Diwakar Vaish

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Robotics 101

2. Using GPIOs as Input

3. Making a Gardener Robot

4. Basics of Motors

5. Making a Pet Feeding Robot

6. Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car

7. Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance

8. Making Your Own Area Scanner

9. Vision Processing

10. Making a Guard Robot

11. Basic Switching

12. Recognizing Humans with Jarvis

13. Making Jarvis IoT Enabled

14. Giving Voice to Jarvis

15. Gesture Recognition

16. Machine Learning

17. Gesture-Controlled Robotic Vehicle

18. Making a Robotic Arm

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Index

Chapter 4. Basics of Motors

All right then! We have made a robot that takes care of your garden and I hope it's working fine. It's time to take things to another level.

We have always thought that robots are like WALL-E, moving around and doing things for us. Well, my friend, now that dream is not far away. In fact, in this chapter we will be going ahead and making one. Let's see how it's done.

We will be covering the following topics:

The basics
Getting it rolling
Changing the speed

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Authors (1)

Prof. Diwakar Vaish

Prof. Diwakar Vaish is a robotics scientist and the inventor of Manav (India's first indigenous humanoid robot), the world's first mind-controlled wheelchair, brain cloning, and the world's cheapest ventilator. He has also been a guest lecturer at over 13 IITs and various other institutions. He is the founder of A-SET Robotics, a leading robotics research company based in New Delhi.

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