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Python Robotics Projects

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Product type Book
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788832922
Pages 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Prof. Diwakar Vaish Prof. Diwakar Vaish
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Prof. Diwakar Vaish is a robotics scientist and the inventor of Manav (India's first indigenous humanoid robot), the world's first mind-controlled wheelchair, brain cloning, and the world's cheapest ventilator. He has also been a guest lecturer at over 13 IITs and various other institutions. He is the founder of A-SET Robotics, a leading robotics research company based in New Delhi.
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. Robotics 101 2. Using GPIOs as Input 3. Making a Gardener Robot 4. Basics of Motors 5. Making a Pet Feeding Robot 6. Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car 7. Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance 8. Making Your Own Area Scanner 9. Vision Processing 10. Making a Guard Robot 11. Basic Switching 12. Recognizing Humans with Jarvis 13. Making Jarvis IoT Enabled 14. Giving Voice to Jarvis 15. Gesture Recognition 16. Machine Learning 17. Gesture-Controlled Robotic Vehicle 18. Making a Robotic Arm 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Index

A

  • accelerometers / Accelerometers and gyroscope
  • ampere hours (Ah) / Capacity
  • analogue to digital converter (ADC) / Interfacing through I2C
  • arrays / Lists
  • automatic delivery answering machine / Automatic delivery answering machine 
  • autonomous driving
    • creating, simple proximity sensor used / Making it fully autonomous
  • autonomous emergency braking / Autonomous emergency braking

C

  • change of directory (cd) / Preparing Raspberry Pi for vision processing application
  • current rating
    • about / The basics
    • repetitive maximum current / The basics
    • burst maximum current / The basics
    • continuous maximum current / The basics

D

  • dataset
    • creating / Making a dataset
    • used, for prediction / Predicting using a dataset
  • degrees of freedom (DOF) / Degrees of freedom

E

  • electric field sensing / Electric field sensing

F

  • face
    • recognizing / Recognizing the face
  • face detection / Face detection, Knowing the face
  • Flick HAT
    • using / Using the Flick HAT
  • Force Sensitive Resistor (FSR) / Constructing the robot 
  • frames per second (FPS) / Programming multiple frames

G

  • general purpose input/output (GPIO)
    • about / The hardware arsenal, A deeper dive into GPIOs
    • using / Let's program
    • PIR sensor, interfacing / Interfacing the PIR sensor
    • ultrasonic proximity sensor, interfacing / Interfacing the ultrasonic proximity sensor
  • gesture controlled robotic vehicle / Gesture-controlled car 
  • gesture recognition-based automation / Gesture recognition-based automation
  • guard robot
    • creating / Making the guard robot
  • gyroscope / Accelerometers and gyroscope

H

  • hue saturation values (HSV) / Image recognition

I

  • ID EEPROM / The hardware arsenal
  • image
    • Raspberry Pi, preparing for vision processing application / Preparing Raspberry Pi for vision processing application
  • image recognition / Image recognition
  • inertial measurement unit
    • interfacing / Interfacing the inertial measurement unit
    • about / Interfacing the inertial measurement unit
  • Infrared (IR) / Infrared proximity sensor
  • infrared proximity sensor / Infrared proximity sensor
  • Inter-integrated Circuits (I2C)
    • interfacing / Interfacing through I2C
    • about / Interfacing through I2C
    • start condition / Interfacing through I2C
    • address frame / Interfacing through I2C
    • data frame / Interfacing through I2C
    • stop frame / Interfacing through I2C
  • interactive door answering robot
    • creating / Making an interactive door – answering robot
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
    • basics / Basics of IoT
    • about / Basics of IoT
  • intruder detection system
    • home, controlling / Controlling the home
  • IoT-based intrusion detector
    • creating / Making an IoT-based intrusion detector

J

  • Jarvis
    • alarm, creating / Making Jarvis wake you up 
    • relay, working / Working with relay and PIR sensor
    • PIR sensor, working / Working with relay and PIR sensor
    • motion detection sensor, adding / Making the alarm irritating, Making it even more irritating
    • home appliances, enhancing / Turn on the light Jarvis
    • motion, enhancing / Understanding motion
    • motion, perfecting / Perfecting motion
    • basic installation / Basic installation
    • creating, to access voice / Making Jarvis understand our voice
    • home, creating / Making your home learn
    • home, learning / Home learning and automation
    • automation / Home learning and automation

K

  • key specifications, motors
    • voltage rating / The basics
    • current rating / The basics
    • supply voltage / The basics
    • logic supply voltage / The basics

L

  • Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)
    • using / Looking around 
    • about / Looking around 
    • on autonomous vehicle / LIDAR on an autonomous vehicle 
  • lists / Lists

M

  • Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol / The MQTT protocol
  • milliampere hour (mAh) / Capacity
  • motion, Jarvis
    • intensity, controlling / Controlling the intensity
    • temperature control / Intelligent temperature control
    • multiplexer functionality, adding / Adding more 
  • motors
    • basics / The basics
    • implementing / Getting it rolling
    • speed, changing / Changing the speed 
  • MQTT broker
    • setting up / Setting up the MQTT broker
  • multiple frames
    • programming / Programming multiple frames

N

  • NumPy / The basics of images

P

  • phase fired control / Controlling the intensity
  • PIR sensor
    • interfacing / Interfacing the PIR sensor
  • pixel / The basics of images
  • potentiometer / Servo motor
  • power unit
    • about / Power house
    • voltage / Voltage
    • capacity / Capacity
    • weight ratio / Power-to-weight ratio
    • maximum charge / Maximum charge and discharge rate
    • discharge rate / Maximum charge and discharge rate
    • chemical composition / Chemical composition
  • pulse width modulation (PWM) / Playing with voltage, Interfacing through I2C, The basics, Servo motor

Q

  • queue connection / Controlling the vehicle by Bluetooth

R

  • Raspberry Pi
    • setting up / Setting up Raspberry Pi
    • used, as switch / Playing with voltage
    • preparing, for vision processing application / Preparing Raspberry Pi for vision processing application
  • Raspberry Pi operating system image
    • reference link / Setting up Raspberry Pi
  • robot
    • hardware requisites / The hardware arsenal
    • creating / Making the robot
    • performance, improving / Making it more intelligent, Making it truly intelligent
    • force measurement / Force measurement
    • constructing / Constructing the robot 
    • creating, to detect pets / Making the robot detect pets
    • safety, creating / Making the robot safe
  • robotic arm
    • basics / Basics of a robotic arm
  • robotic arm kit
    • limits, finding / Finding the limits
    • speed control / Speed control
  • robotic vehicle
    • basics / Basics of the vehicle
    • components, assembling / Getting the vehicle ready
    • controlling, by Bluetooth / Controlling the vehicle by Bluetooth
    • advanced, creating / Making it more advanced

S

  • self-steering capabilities / Giving the car self-steering capabilities
  • Serial Clock (SCL) / Interfacing through I2C
  • Serial Data (SDA) / Interfacing through I2C
  • servo motor / Servo motor
  • simple proximity sensor
    • used, for creating autonomous driving / Making it fully autonomous
  • solenoids
    • working / Working with solenoids
    • features / Working with solenoids

T

  • triangulation / Infrared proximity sensor

U

  • ultrasonic proximity sensor
    • interfacing / Interfacing the ultrasonic proximity sensor

Y

  • Yaw Pitch and Roll (YPR) / Basics of a robotic arm
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Authors (1)

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Prof. Diwakar Vaish is a robotics scientist and the inventor of Manav (India's first indigenous humanoid robot), the world's first mind-controlled wheelchair, brain cloning, and the world's cheapest ventilator. He has also been a guest lecturer at over 13 IITs and various other institutions. He is the founder of A-SET Robotics, a leading robotics research company based in New Delhi.
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