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Learn Robotics Programming

You're reading from Learn Robotics Programming Build and control cutting-edge AI robots with Raspberry Pi and Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2026

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803246987

Length 585 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Danny Staple

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Learn Robotics Programming, Third Edition: Build and control cutting-edge AI robots with Raspberry Pi and Python

1 Introduction to Robotics FREE CHAPTER

2 Exploring Robot Building Blocks – Code and Electronics

3 Preparing a Headless Raspberry Pi for a Robot

4 Protecting Robot Code with Git

5 Building Robot Basics – Wheels, Power, and Wiring

6 Drive and Turn – Moving Motors with MQTT and Python

7 Driving the Robot with a Phone and Python

8 Programming Distance Sensors with Python

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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS: Build future-proof responsive websites using the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques, Fourth Edition can be used to learn HTML5 and CSS web design and make this interface more pleasing.
For getting more familiar with the JavaScript technologies used here, freeCodeCamp (https://www.freecodecamp.org/) is a valuable resource with self-learning modules.
There is a chapter on understanding systemd in Mastering Linux Network Administration, Jay LaCroix, Packt Publishing (https://www.packtpub.com/product/mastering-linux-network-administration/9781784399597), published in 2015.
A full reference for systemd services can be found on the freedesktop manuals at https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.service.html.

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Authors (1)

Danny Staple

Danny Staple

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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