Ebook: Make: JavaScript robotics

JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen rock star programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way. Experience with JavaScript is a prerequisite.;Preface -- 1. Building robots with lo-tech materials -- 2. TypeBot -- 3. Getting started with NodeBoats -- 4. piDuino5 mobile robot platform -- 5. Controlling a hexapod with Johnny-Five -- 6. Building Voice-controlled NodeBots -- 7. An indoor sundial -- 8. Spooky lights -- 9. Cheerful J5 -- 10. Interactive RGB LED display with BeagleBone black -- 11. Physical security, JavaScript, and you -- 12. Artificial intelligence: BatBot -- 13. Delta robots and kinematics -- 14. Meow shoes -- Appendix A -- Index.