Robotics Programming 101

by Scott Preston

Robotics Programming 101 shows you how to plan your first robotics program, pick a brain, language and operating system for your first robot. This book is also filled with programming examples in PBASIC, Arduino, Java and JRuby. Some of these examples serial communication, servo and microcontroller programs, sensors like sonar and a digital compass, text-to-speech, speech-recognition, computer-vision, differential drives, robot arms, basic navigation, and much more!The reader should have a basic understanding of robot parts, like servos, sonars, and microcontrollers (BASIC Stamp & Arduino) and the Java or Ruby programming language.Table of Quick Start2. Planning3. Brains4. Languages5. Operating Systems6. Sample Robots7. Serial Ports8. Servo Controllers9. Microcontrollers10. Sonar11. Compass12. Everything Together13. Text-To-Speech14. Speech Recognition15. Image Acquisition16. Image Processing17. Motion Examples18. Navigation Examples19. Wrap-Up

106 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 26, 2011

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