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

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2026

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803246987

Length 740 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Danny Staple

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Table of Contents (28) Chapters

Preface

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1. Part 1: The Basics – Preparing for Robotics

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Robotics FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Robot Building Blocks – Code and Electronics

4. Chapter 3: Preparing a Headless Raspberry Pi for a Robot

5. Chapter 4: Protecting Robot Code with Git

6. Part 2: Building an Autonomous Robot – Connecting Sensors and Motors to a Raspberry Pi

7. Chapter 5: Building Robot Basics – Wheels, Power, and Wiring

8. Chapter 6: Drive and Turn – Moving Motors with MQTT and Python

9. Chapter 7: Driving the Robot with a Phone and Python

10. Chapter 8: Programming Distance Sensors with Python

11. Chapter 9: Avoiding Obstacles with Distance Sensors

12. Chapter 10: Using Python to Control Servo Motors

13. Chapter 11: Programming Encoders with Python

14. Chapter 12: Encoder-Based Localisation with Python

15. Chapter 13: IMU-Based Robot Navigation with Python

16. Part 3: Hearing and Seeing – Giving a Robot Intelligent Sensors

17. Chapter 14: Robot Vision – Using a Pi Camera and OpenCV

18. Chapter 15: Line-Following with a Camera in Python

19. Chapter 16: Voice Control AI on a Robot with Python

20. Chapter 17: Robot Localisation and Sensor Fusion with Python

21. Part 4: Taking Robotics Further

22. Chapter 18: Taking Your Robot Programming Skills Further

23. Chapter 19: Unlock Access to the Code Bundle and the PDF Version

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24. Other Books You May Enjoy

25. Index

Appendix A: Shopping for Robot Parts

1. Appendix B: Command Cheat Sheet

You can see more information about the encoder library at https://github.com/pimoroni/ioe-python/blob/main/docs/encoder.md. This shows what further functions are available.
PID control is a deep subject. It is a key area in self-balancing robots, drones, and other autonomous control systems. Here is a great video series so that you can explore these further on YouTube: Brian Douglas – PID Control – A brief introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR0hOmjaHp0.
An in-depth article on turning precise corners with PID control shows how this was used for a competition-winning LEGO^® Mindstorms robot: GW Lucas – Using a PID-based Technique For Competitive Odometry and Dead-Reckoning: http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200108/using_a_pid.html.

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Authors (1)

Danny Staple

Danny Staple is a British robot builder and programmer. He has been a professional software engineer since 2000, using Python as part of DevOps and automation consultancy. Danny regularly contributes to open-source projects. Danny has been building robots at home since 2004 and has a workshop full of projects, including robots with wheels, cameras, tank tracks, legs, and arms, made from plastic, cardboard, metal, kits, lunchboxes, and modified toys. Danny authored Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico, published in 2023 by Packt, and wrote magazine articles for The MagPi. He runs the robotics YouTube channel Orionrobots and brings his robots to events like Pi Wars and Arduino Day. Danny has run robotics clubs since 2005, and currently mentors at a robotics track CoderDojo KU, where he shows kids how to program a fleet of MicroPython robots.

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