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Learn Robotics Programming

You're reading from   Learn Robotics Programming Build and control autonomous robots using Raspberry Pi 3 and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Last Updated in May 2025
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789340747
Length 472 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introduction to Robotics FREE CHAPTER 2. Exploring Robot Building Blocks - Code and Electronics 3. Introducing the Raspberry Pi - Starting with Raspbian 4. Preparing a Raspberry Pi for a Robot - Headless by Default 5. Backing Up the Code with Git and SD Card Copies 6. Building Robot Basics - Wheels, Power, and Wiring 7. Drive and Turn - Moving Motors with Python 8. Programming Line-Following Sensors Using Python 9. Programming RGB Strips in Python 10. Using Python to Control Servo Motors 11. Programming Distance Sensors with Python 12. Programming Encoders with Python 13. Robot Vision - Using a Pi Camera and OpenCV 14. Voice Communication with a Robot Using Mycroft 15. Programming a Gamepad on Raspberry Pi with Python 16. Taking Your Robot Programming Skills Further 17. Planning Your Next Robot Project - Putting It All Together 18. Assessments 19. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Write a script to follow a predetermined path

So, we now get to the first behavior that feels like a robot.

Let's make a quick sketch of a path for us to get our robot to follow:

Path for our robot

In the previous diagram, I've drawn a path. The straight lines are for driving forward, the 1s mean one second. We don't yet have a way to consider distance traveled, only time. We may be able to guess at times relative to distances, but they will not be very precise. The gentle curves are a turn where we slow one motor down with respect to the other.

The final spiral means a victory spin on the spot when the path is complete—we can do this by putting one motor in reverse while the other drives forward.

Let's write this code. First, we want the imports, sleep and robot. But before we do anything, let's make some helper functions for this behavior...

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