Leverage the power of Python to build DIY robotic projects
Key Features:
- Design, build, and stimulate collaborative robots
- Build high-end robotics projects such as a customized personal Jarvis
- Leverage the power of Python and ROS for DIY robotic projects
Book Description:
Robotics is a fast-growing industry. Multiple surveys state that investment in the field has increased tenfold in the last 6 years, and is set to become a $100-billion sector by 2020. Robots are prevalent throughout all industries, and they are all set to be a part of our domestic lives. This book starts with the installation and basic steps in configuring a robotic controller. You'll then move on to setting up your environment to use Python with the robotic controller. You'll dive deep into building simple robotic projects, such as a pet-feeding robot, and more complicated projects, such as machine learning enabled home automation system (Jarvis), vision processing based robots and a self-driven robotic vehicle using Python.
By the end of this book, you'll know how to build smart robots using Python.
What You Will Learn:
- Get to know the basics of robotics and its functions
- Walk through interface components with microcontrollers
- Integrate robotics with the IoT environment
- Build projects using machine learning
- Implement path planning and vision processing
- Interface your robots with Bluetooth
Who this book is for:
If building robots is your dream, then this book is made for you. Prior knowledge of Python would be an added advantage.
Table of Contents
- Robotics 101
- Using GPIOs as Input
- Making a Gardener Robot
- Basics of Motors
- Making a Pet Feeding Robot
- Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car
- Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance
- Making Your Own Area Scanner
- Vision Processing
- Making a Guard Robot
- Basic Switching
- Recognizing Humans with Jarvis
- Making Jarvis IOT Enabled
- Giving Voice to Jarvis
- Gesture Recognition
- Machine Learning
- Gesture-Controlled Robotic Vehicle
- Making a Robotic Arm
Prof. Diwakar Vaish is a robotics scientist and the inventor of Manav (India's first indigenous humanoid robot), the world's first mind-controlled wheelchair, brain cloning, and the world's cheapest ventilator. He has also been a guest lecturer at over 13 IITs and various other institutions. He is the founder of A-SET Robotics, a leading robotics research company based in New Delhi.
