Learn Robotics Programming: Build and control AI-enabled autonomous robots using the Raspberry Pi and Python

It's great I'm loving it... I've read through to chapter 6 so far, having built and coded for the base build for basic movement without sensors. I've throughly enjoyed the process. In my opinion the book is very well structured and informative as it guides you through the build... thank you Danny for taking the time to put all this together... John.

Best book I have ever read for beginners to learn hobby robotics. I've read other reviews and have to assume they did not follow the book carefully. Read the book once without touching any hardware. Create a shopping list as you go, and order everything so that the next time you read the book, you will have the materials handy. You can get most from Amazon, but somethings you need to search for. I have followed the book word for word and EVERYTHING is well thought out, well explained, and worked for me. You will run into challenges with the software installs, but you will need to trouble shoot yourself. That is the nature of this type of hobby, and if you aren't into that, you need to choose a new hobby. Using the book I have built the robot and learned all the coding building blocks to do everything I want to do. Now I have to use my imagination and these building blocks to build the software so that the robot does what I want it to do. Very happy with my purchase. (btw, it cost me about $500cad for the parts I needed, and that didn't include all the various tools such as soldering iron) Over all, very happy with this book.

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My background is in business systems software. I've always wanted to get involved in writing embedded code and robotics, but things never came together, until now. In past attempts I would try to get started only to discover that the author required skills or hardware I didn't have, or have access to. This book is different. What makes it special: 1. The writing is as clear as possible without being over simplified. 2. Sophisticated ideas are explained and demonstrated using inexepensive off the shelf hardware. 3. All of the Python source code is available for free download. While technically you could build the robot without knowing Python, I strongly suggest you learn python so that you can leverage what you have learned and do more amazing things. Also, the author does explain the Python code as he goes. So don't panic if you have doubts about your Python skills. Will you build the Ultimate Robot with this book? No, of course not. But what you will have is an understanding good enough that you can leverage what you've learned and build something more complex and custom.

information is excellent , too bad the pictures are black and white and poorly reprinted . otherwise happy with purchase.