Raspberry Pi and Arduino Robotics Projects: Build, Wire, Code, and Control Real Machines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798197440242)

Most beginners hit the same wall: tutorials that skip the wiring, code that "almost" runs, and no idea why the motor stuttered instead of spun. Raspberry Pi and Arduino Robotics Projects closes those gaps.

Starting from the basics - what a resistor does, how a breadboard is wired, how to power a robot without frying it - this hands-on guide takes you all the way to autonomous machines that see, listen, balance, and navigate.

You'll build 11 complete robots, each one fully explained:

• A line-following robot and an obstacle-avoiding rover
• A pot-controlled robotic arm and a Bluetooth-driven car
• A vision-guided object tracker and a voice-controlled bot
• A pan-tilt camera and an autonomous maze solver
• A hybrid rover - a Raspberry Pi does the thinking, an Arduino does the driving
• A self-balancing robot and a GPS waypoint navigator

Along the way you'll learn what each board is really for - the Arduino's rock-steady real-time control and the Raspberry Pi's vision and decision-making - and how to combine them into machines smarter than either board alone.

Every project includes:

• Clear, labeled wiring diagrams
• Complete, fully explained code
• A "before you build" safety checklist
• A troubleshooting guide for when things go wrong - and they will

No engineering degree required. If you can follow careful instructions and you're willing to learn from a robot that doesn't work the first time, you can build everything in this book.

Stop collecting parts. Start building machines.