Learn Robotics With Raspberry Pi: Build and Code Your Own Moving, Sensing, Thinking Robots

I’m a scout leader, this was great for our projects

In this detailed and well-paced book, Matt explains how to get started with the Raspberry Pi right from unboxing and powering up the computer for the first time through to building your own autonomous robot. There are lights, sounds and sensors along the way, and the book ends with line following and basic image recognition. A younger, or more impatient, reader might wonder why so much preparation is needed before we can connect up the parts and get coding. But, the comprehensive nature of this book means that a user should, on their own, be able to get started without frustrating searching around on the internet for tips and fixes. With sections on basic operating systems, simple circuits and coding from scratch this is an ambitious book. The illustrations are clear, colourful and well presented, and look very easy to follow. I've spent a very pleasant afternoon reading the second half of the book. Now I need to find my box of bits....

Love it, this is just what my 13 yr old son and I needed to get us going. There are online sites that cover similar material but we found it useful to have a printed book. I especially like the way the models are built up with Lego bases - we have a huge Lego collection and we've had a lot of fun extending the models in the book with our own ideas.

This is an excellent book to start your adventure into raspberry pi and robotics. Just watch out for the typo's and errata as they will cause you some sleepless nights. Bet they are part of the learning process in investigating solutions.

This was a gift for my husband, who rarely watches the author's YouTube channel because he doesn't like video tutorials. However he enjoyed the book, saying it's very well written - with a slightly U.S flavour (inches, dollars, etc.) So he's about to build a robot!

Well written and easy to follow guide with a good mix of theory and practice

Excellent book. Thoroughly recommended.

This book is not only ideal for people starting out with the Raspberry Pi but also those who have had a play and are ready to take the step from making an LED blink to making something move.Matt has done a very good job covering a wide range of activities from the basics of helping you decide what to buy, getting that first Pi up and running, through the basics of electricity and onto making an LED blink before he gets into the robotics.Once you have mastered the basics he takes you through building a robot, making it move, avoiding obstacles, adding lights and sound (everything is enhanced by a few, or more, blinkies), and then onto the more 'advanced' topics of line following and computer vision, following a coloured ball.All of the topics are presented with the same clear style with an explanantion of the theory behind what you are doing, a parts list, plenty of colour pictures so you can see how things should look when fitted together, diagrams to show which pins the wiring should connect to, detailed instructions for how to connect the parts up and well documented code to make it all work.You are left in no doubt what you have to do, why you do it and what the outcome should be.This book has everything in it to take you from beginner to being a viable contender in the annual Pi Wars - which gets a mention in the book.

The book came in at the right time and has very good content and layout.

I started teaching my son Scratch programming by first grade. Then I gave him Mbot, by Makeblock, to continue his learning of programming fundamentals with Scratch.By fifth grade, my son started to plateau with learning Scratch, so I thought I would see how he did with learning Python. I first gave him a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico and the free online book by Raspberry Pi which teaches the basics of MicroPython using a Pico. (This could have been done completely free if I had known about the free online Pico simulator by Wokwi).He liked learning MicroPython, so I gave him this book with all the parts that were needed to complete the work in this book. He is loving this book. My son is learning how to build a robot and how to write the code to make it move.This book is well written and easy to understand that a fifth grader can complete the work with very little help from their parent. Occasionally he needs help troubleshooting his code, which is usually a simple problem of a missing letter or capitalization. Something that any parent can catch by comparing the child's work with the book.If you have a younger child that is growing bored with Scratch programming or an older child that is interested in robotics, then I highly recommend this book.Thank you for writing such a helpful book!List of components that are needed for this book.Raspberry Pi 3 or newerPower supply https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CBPJH1VKElectronics starter kit for Raspberry Pi https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZXNL2WHRobot chassis kit https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXY7CM3Battery box https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0833L85J9LM2596 DC-DC voltage converter https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09LCNVB22TCRT5000 Infrared Reflective Sensor https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YRCR6MLUsed Wiimote from eBay.

bon ouvrage pour débuter si on lit l'anglais

Well written. Great reference. Good presentation on software, hardware.Would definitely recommend.

This is a great book for Pi users. Lot of pictures to the not so hard to follow instructions. I can not say enough good things about this book and this is a must get for robot builders/Raspberry Pi users. This book although not as think as my robot builder's bonanza book. But more to the point on the basics of robotics my only hopes for this book is that the writer ..Writes a part 2 guide on AI applications in other words please write a second part 2 to this book :) P.S I am only have way through this book because I am still waiting for online parts to come in the mail so I am not sure if it goes into that topic. Not paid to give this review just have the time to give it as I am waiting on parts. my advice into robotics physical computing? GET THIS BOOK.