You're reading from Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico Build autonomous robots with the versatile low-cost Raspberry Pi Pico controller and Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803246079

Length 400 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Danny Staple

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Basics – Preparing for Robotics with Raspberry Pi Pico

2. Chapter 1: Planning a Robot with Raspberry Pi Pico FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Preparing Raspberry Pi Pico

4. Chapter 3: Designing a Robot Chassis in FreeCAD

5. Chapter 4: Building a Robot around Pico

6. Chapter 5: Driving Motors with Raspberry Pi Pico

7. Part 2: Interfacing Raspberry Pi Pico with Simple Sensors and Outputs

8. Chapter 6: Measuring Movement with Encoders on Raspberry Pi Pico

9. Chapter 7: Planning and Shopping for More Devices

10. Chapter 8: Sensing Distances to Detect Objects with Pico

11. Chapter 9: Teleoperating a Raspberry Pi Pico Robot with Bluetooth LE

12. Part 3: Adding More Robotic Behaviors to Raspberry Pi Pico

13. Chapter 10: Using the PID Algorithm to Follow Walls

14. Chapter 11: Controlling Motion with Encoders on Raspberry Pi Pico

15. Chapter 12: Detecting Orientation with an IMU on Raspberry Pi Pico

16. Chapter 13: Determining Position Using Monte Carlo Localization

17. Chapter 14: Continuing Your Journey – Your Next Robot

18. Index

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You will need to have knowledge of a few Python basics, such as variables, looping, conditionals, and functions. A well-lit and ventilated desk space is recommended for the robot-building aspects of the book. Access to hand tools will help, although you will be shown which tools to shop for. The robot code examples have been tested on CircuitPython 7.2.0 on Raspberry Pi Pico but should work with later versions. The computer code examples were tested on Python 3.9.

Software/hardware covered in the book	Operating system requirements
Thonny > 3.3 or Mu Editor > 1.1	macOS, Linux, or Windows
Python 3.7 or later	macOS, Linux, or Windows
Matplotlib 3.6.1 or later	macOS, Linux, or Windows
NumPy 1.23.4 or later	macOS, Linux, or Windows
Bleak (Python BLE library) 0.19.0 or above	macOS, Linux, or Windows
Free USB port	macOS, Linux, or Windows
Smartphone/tablet with Bluetooth LE (Bluetooth > 4.0)	iOS or Android
Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect > 3.3.2	iOS or Android
Bluetooth LE-enabled laptop (or BLE dongle)	macOS, Linux, or Windows
FreeCAD	macOS, Linux, or Windows
Raspberry Pi Pico
CircuitPython > 7.2.0	Raspberry Pi Pico

Thonny comes with a built-in Python 3.x installation. The Tools | Open System shell menu can be used to install packages in Thonny’s Python.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

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