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BeagleBone Robotic Projects

You're reading from BeagleBone Robotic Projects Build and control robots that walk, swim, roll, and fly

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788293136

Length 230 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

BeagleBone

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Richard Grimmett

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with the BeagleBone Blue FREE CHAPTER

2. Programming the BeagleBone Blue

3. Making the Unit Mobile - Controlling Wheeled Movement

4. Avoiding Obstacles Using Sensors

5. Allowing Our BeagleBone Blue to See

6. Providing Speech Input and Output

7. Making the Unit Very Mobile - Controlling Legged Movement

8. Using a GPS Receiver to Locate Your Robot

9. By Land, By Sea, By Air

10. System Dynamics

Basic Linux commands showing how to navigate around the filesystem on the BeagleBone Blue

After completing Chapter 1, Getting Started with the BeagleBone Blue , you should have a working BeagleBone Blue running a version of Linux called Ubuntu. We selected this one because it is the most popular and thus has the largest set of supported hardware and software. The commands I am going to review should also work with other versions of Linux, but I'll be showing examples using Ubuntu.

So, power up your BeagleBone Blue, connect via Wi-Fi, and log in to user SSH with the proper username and password. Now you are ready for a quick tour of Linux. This will not be extensive, but you will learn some of the basic commands and how to access some fundamental functionality.

Once you have logged in, you should have an active Terminal window. It should look something like this:

Your cursor...

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