Raspberry Pi Robotics Essentials

Harness the power of Raspberry Pi with Six Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) to create an amazing walking robot

About This Book

• Construct a two-legged robot that can walk, turn, and dance
• Add vision and sensors to your robot so that it can “see” the environment and avoid barriers
• A fast-paced, practical guide with plenty of screenshots to develop a fully functional robot

Who This Book Is For

If you are a programmer with an interest in building advanced robotics projects using inexpensive hardware and open source software, then this book is for you. Some experience with computer programming and implementing simple mechanical systems is required.

What You Will Learn

• Build a basic biped platform, a servo-based robot that can walk
• Add Six Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) to your robot and make it free to move forward/backward, up/down, and left/right
• Add vision through a webcam so that the biped can "see" the world around it
• Implement path planning so that the biped can move around autonomously
• Add wireless communication so that you can see what the robot is seeing and control the robot from a distance

In Detail

The Raspberry Pi B2 is an inexpensive embedded processor that provides a high-performance Linux development environment.

This book is a fast-paced guide that will show you how to use Raspberry Pi technology to build a biped robot that can interact with its environment. We start off by explaining the basics of getting your Raspberry Pi up and running, ready to be mounted on your biped platform. After this, you will be introduced to the art of constructing a mechanism for the biped platform. You will then learn to develop a vision system for your robot, as well as a means by which you can control and monitor it. At the end of this book, you will have learned enough to build a complex biped robot that can walk, turn, find its way, and "see" its environment.

利用Raspberry Pi的六自由度（6DoF）功能，創建一個令人驚嘆的行走機器人。

關於本書：
- 構建一個能夠行走、轉彎和跳舞的雙腿機器人
- 為機器人添加視覺和感應器，使其能夠“看到”環境並避開障礙物
- 這是一本節奏快、實用的指南，內含大量截圖，以開發一個完全功能的機器人

本書適合對使用廉價硬體和開源軟體構建高級機器人項目有興趣的程式設計師。需要具備一定的計算機編程和實現簡單機械系統的經驗。

你將學到：
- 構建基本的雙足平台，一個能夠行走的基於伺服馬達的機器人
- 為機器人添加六自由度（6DoF），使其能夠自由地前進/後退、上升/下降和左/右移動
- 通過網絡攝像頭為雙足機器人添加視覺，使其能夠“看到”周圍的世界
- 實現路徑規劃，使雙足機器人能夠自主移動
- 添加無線通信，以便你可以看到機器人所看到的並遠程控制機器人

詳細內容：
Raspberry Pi B2是一款廉價的嵌入式處理器，提供高性能的Linux開發環境。

本書是一本節奏快的指南，將向你展示如何使用Raspberry Pi技術構建一個能夠與環境互動的雙足機器人。我們首先解釋了如何啟動和運行Raspberry Pi，準備好安裝在雙足平台上。之後，你將學習構建雙足平台機構的技巧。然後，你將學習為機器人開發視覺系統，以及控制和監控機器人的方法。在本書結束時，你將學到足夠的知識，能夠構建一個能夠行走、轉彎、尋找路徑並“看到”環境的複雜雙足機器人。