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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
Languages
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Author (1):
Prof. Diwakar Vaish Prof. Diwakar Vaish
Profile icon Prof. Diwakar Vaish

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
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 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Making the robot detect pets


The preceding code is good, and I'm sure it would be dispensing the food at set times. However, there can be a problem, as the robot would not be effective if the pet does not know whether the food had been fetched. Hence, we need to have an alarm that should inform the pets that the food is ready to be eaten. 

Even in the previous program, we have used a buzzer that will inform the pet when the food is being dispensed, but, that was only for a very short period of time. However, what we are talking about here is an alarm system that will keep on ringing till the time the pet does not come and eat the food. To do this, connect the system as follows and mount the ultrasonic sensor in such a way that it notes the distance of the pet while he is eating the food.

Now, to do that, you will need to upload the following code:

import time
import Adafruit_ADS1x15
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

Motor1a =  21
Motor1b = 20
Buzzer = 14
FSR = 16

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
GPIO.setup(Motor1a...
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