AGES 10+
“A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE EXCITING FIELD OF ROBOTICS”
EBEN UPTON, CEO RASPBERRY PI (TRADING), LTD.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi will take you from inexperienced maker to robot builder in no time. You’ll start off building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then program it using Python, the world’s most popular programming language. Gradually, you’ll improve your robot by adding increasingly advanced functionality until it can follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even recognize objects of a certain size and color.
LEARN HOW TO:
Control your robot remotely using only a Wii remote
Teach your robot to use sensors to avoid obstacles
Program your robot to follow a line autonomously
Customize your robot with LEDs and speakers to make it light up and play sounds
See what your robot sees with a Pi Camera
As you work through the book, you’ll learn fundamental electronics skills like how to wire up parts, use resistors and regulators, and determine how much power your robot needs. You’ll also learn the basics of coding in Python and gain enough experience working with hardware like servos, motors, and sensors to expand your creations beyond simple robots.
Matt Timmons-Brown runs the world’s most popular Raspberry Pi YouTube channel, “The Raspberry Pi Guy” (www.youtube.com/theraspberrypiguy), with well over 5 million views. He is a computer science student at the University of Edinburgh and is from Cambridge, UK.
Requires a Raspberry Pi and Python 3
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