Robotics Programming 101

NOTE: This book is out of date. It uses code from 2011 and will not work with modern microcontrollers or programming languages without a lot of effort. Purchase at your own risk.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 include: 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 Contents 1. 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