Raspberry Pi Robotic Projects

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Cover; Copyrights page; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi; Setting up the Raspberry Pi 3; Powering the board; Hooking up a keyboard, mouse, and display; Installing the operating system; Adding Internet access; Accessing your Raspberry Pi 3 from your host PC; Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero; Powering the board; Hooking up a keyboard, mouse, and display; Installing the operating system; Adding Internet access; Summary; Chapter 2: Building Your Own Futuristic Robot; Modifying the R2D2.;Annotation Cover Copyrights page Credits About the Author About the Reviewer www.PacktPub.com Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Setting up the Raspberry Pi 3 Powering the board Hooking up a keyboard, mouse, and display Installing the operating system Adding Internet access Accessing your Raspberry Pi 3 from your host PC Setting up the Raspberry Pi Zero Powering the board Hooking up a keyboard, mouse, and display Installing the operating system Adding Internet access Summary Chapter 2: Building Your Own Futuristic Robot Modifying the R2D2. Adding wheels and motorsConnecting to the top of the R2D2 Controlling R2D2 using the Raspberry Pi in Python Adding voice recognition Using eSpeak to allow your robot to speak Using PocketSphinx to accept your voice commands Interpreting commands and initiating actions Adding video capability Downloading and installing OpenCV -- a fully featured vision library Controlling your R2D2 remotely Summary Chapter 3: Building a Wall-E Robot Creating the hardware platform Adding the Raspberry P and a DC motor controller Building Wall-E's arms Constructing the arms. Controlling Wall-E's tracks using a Raspberry Pi in PythonHow servo motors work Using a servo controller to control the servos Communicating between the servo controller and a PC Controlling the Servo Controller with the Raspberry Pi Adding the Kinect 360 to your Wall-E Accessing the Kinect 360 using the Raspberry Pi Controlling your Wall-E remotely Summary Chapter 4: Building a Robotic Fish Creating the hardware platform Adding the electronics to your fish Adding the RaspiCamera Controlling your fish remotely Summary Chapter 5: Creating a Robotic Hand with the Raspberry Pi. Creating the hardware platformMoving the hand Connecting the servo controller to the Raspberry Pi Controlling your hand Following your hand Summary Chapter 6: A Self-Balancing Robot Creating the hardware platform Adding the electronics to your platform Controlling the DC motors Reading the IMU Accessing the compass programmatically The balancing algorithm Summary Chapter 7: Adding the Raspberry Pi to a Quadcopter Accessing the hardware platform Connecting to the hardware Remote communication Configuring the XBee device Communicating over the XBee interface. Adding GPS to your quadcopterConnecting the Raspberry Pi to a USB GPS device Accessing the USB GPS programmatically Summary Index.