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Raspberry Pi Robotic Projects - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786467966
Pages 238 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Authors (2):
Richard Grimmett Richard Grimmett
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Jon Witts Jon Witts
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Raspberry Pi Robotic Projects - Third Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
1. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi 2. Building Your Own Futuristic Robot 3. Building a Wall-E Robot 4. Building a Robotic Fish 5. Creating a Robotic Hand with the Raspberry Pi 6. A Self-Balancing Robot 7. Adding the Raspberry Pi to a Quadcopter

Creating the hardware platform


In this chapter, you'll build a human hand that has four fingers, a thumb, and a rotating wrist. There are actually several possible robotic hand configurations that you can purchase or build yourself. If you'd like to purchase an already 3D printed hand, my personal favorite is the hand that was designed by Christopher Chappelle and Easton LaChappelle available already 3D printed at http://www.shapeways.com/product/Z5CZ2RKLY/3d-printed-hand-right?li=search-results-1&optionId=42512474.

Here is an image of the hand:

If you have access to a 3D printer, you can also download and print the hand yourself. Here is the link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:288856. Assembling the hand is quite simple; follow the instructions at http://www.shapeways.com/product/Z5CZ2RKLY/3d-printed-hand-right in the instruction image. Once you have assembled the hand, you'll need to add the servos to control the hand and the wrist. To control the hand, you'll need to pull on five...

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