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ESP8266 Robotics Projects

By : Pradeeka Seneviratne
Book Image

ESP8266 Robotics Projects

By: Pradeeka Seneviratne

Overview of this book

The ESP8266 Wi-Fi module is a self-contained SOC with an integrated TCP/IP protocol stack and can give any microcontroller access to your Wi-Fi network. It has a powerful processing and storage capability and also supports application hosting and Wi-Fi networking. This book is all about robotics projects based on the original ESP8266 microcontroller board and some variants of ESP8266 boards. It starts by showing all the necessary things that you need to build your development environment with basic hardware and software components. The book uses the original ESP8266 board and some variants such as the Adafruit HUZZAH ESP8266 and the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 . You will learn how to use different type of chassis kits, motors, motor drivers, power supplies, distribution boards, sensors, and actuators to build robotics projects that can be controlled via Wi-Fi. In addition, you will learn how to use line sensors, the ArduiCam, Wii Remote, wheel encoders, and the Gripper kit to build more specialized robots. By the end of this book, you will have built a Wi-Fi control robot using ESP8266.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Playing the robot


You can test your robot with the project that you have created with the Blynk app:

  1. Run the mini round robot project in the Blynk app by tapping on the Play button.
  1. Move the joystick to forward, backward, left, and right by tapping and holding the center circle (Figure 2.34). When you release the center circle, it will automatically come back to the center and apply a break on the mini round robot:

Figure 2.34: The joystick widget in play mode

  1. While you move the joystick around, the x and y coordinates will display in the top right corner of the joystick widget.
  2. You can fine tune the movements of the robot by changing the x and y coordinate value thresholds mentioned in your Arduino sketch.