Learn Robotics Programming

Planning our robot

Let's put all of this to use, and plan the robot that we are making in this book. Although as we go through chapters we will be adding new components each time, having an overall map in our minds as we go helps us to see where we are. It is quite exciting to start to picture all the things a robot will do. Let's start with a list of what our robot will do and be:

• It will have wheels and be able to drive around the floor
• It will have a Raspberry Pi 3 controller
• It will have a motor controller for the wheels
• It will be able to follow lines with a pair of line following sensors

• It will be able to indicate its status with a set of multicolored LEDs
• The robot will use a pair of servo motors for a pan and tilt mechanism