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Learn Robotics Programming

Learn Robotics Programming

By : Danny Staple
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Learn Robotics Programming

Learn Robotics Programming

4.9 (8)
By: Danny Staple

Overview of this book

We live in an age where the most difficult human tasks are now automated. Smart and intelligent robots, which will perform different tasks precisely and efficiently, are the requirement of the hour. A combination of Raspberry Pi and Python works perfectly when making these kinds of robots. Learn Robotics Programming starts by introducing you to the basic structure of a robot, along with how to plan, build, and program it. As you make your way through the book, you will gradually progress to adding different outputs and sensors, learning new building skills, and writing code for interesting behaviors with sensors. You’ll also be able to update your robot, and set up web, phone, and Wi-Fi connectivity in order to control it. By the end of the book, you will have built a clever robot that can perform basic artificial intelligence (AI) operations.
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Strategy 1 - keep the code on the PC and upload it

Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), lets you transfer files from a computer to a Pi. This lets you write code on nice editors on your computer, then upload it to the Raspberry Pi. You can choose your editor and have the safety of more than one copy. SFTP uses SSH to copy files to and from the Raspberry Pi over the network.

First, make yourself a folder on the PC to store your robot code in, then we can make a test file that will just print a bit of text and exit:

hello.py

print("Raspberry Pi is alive")

We will copy this to the robot and run it.

We will use the SFTP tool FileZilla from https://filezilla-project.org. Download this and follow the installation instructions:

FileZilla

Plug in and power up your Raspberry Pi. Notice in the bottom of the right-hand panel, it says Not connected. In the host box, type...

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