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Learning Robotics using Python

You're reading from   Learning Robotics using Python Bring robotics projects to life with Python! Discover how to harness everything from Blender to ROS and OpenCV with one of our most popular robotics books.

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783287536
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introduction to Robotics FREE CHAPTER 2. Mechanical Design of a Service Robot 3. Working with Robot Simulation Using ROS and Gazebo 4. Designing ChefBot Hardware 5. Working with Robotic Actuators and Wheel Encoders 6. Working with Robotic Sensors 7. Programming Vision Sensors Using Python and ROS 8. Working with Speech Recognition and Synthesis Using Python and ROS 9. Applying Artificial Intelligence to ChefBot Using Python 10. Integration of ChefBot Hardware and Interfacing it into ROS, Using Python 11. Designing a GUI for a Robot Using Qt and Python 12. The Calibration and Testing of ChefBot Index

Working with PyQt and PySide

After installing the PyQt and PySide packages, we can see how to write a Hello World GUI using PyQt and PySide. The main difference between PyQt and PySide is only in some commands; most of the steps are the same. Let's see how to make a Qt GUI and convert it into Python code.

Introducing Qt Designer

Qt Designer is the tool for designing and inserting control into Qt GUI. Qt GUI is basically an XML file that contains the information of its components and controls. The first step to work with GUI is its designing. The Qt Designer tool provides various options to make excellent GUIs.

Start Qt Designer by entering the command designer-qt4 in the terminal. The following image shows what you will be able to see after running this command:

Introducing Qt Designer

The preceding image shows the Qt designer interface. Select the Widget option from the New Form window and click on the Create button. This will create an empty widget; we can drag various GUI controls from the left-hand side of...

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