This book shows how to build and code your own robot projects with just the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a few easy-to-get components . Author Matt Timmons-Brown starts with instructions on building a two-wheeled robot powered by a Raspberry Pi minicomputer and then shows how to program it using Python. The book also shows how to improve your robot by adding increasingly advanced functionality until it can follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even recognize objects of a certain size and color using computer vision.

Author: Matt Timmons-Brown
Publisher: No Starch Press
Date: January 2019
Pages: 240
ISBN: 978-1593279202
Print: 1593279205
Kindle: B07BPNZ77W
Audience: Would-be robot makers
Level: Introductory
Category: Hardware platforms and Python

• Control your robot remotely using only a Wii remote
• Teach your robot to use sensors to avoid obstacles
• Program your robot to follow a line autonomously
• Customize your robot with LEDs and speakers to make it light up and play sounds
• See what your robot sees with a Pi Camera

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