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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

Connecting the gripper to the chassis


The gripper can be easily mounted to the metal chassis of the Mini Robot Rover using two screws and nuts (Figure 7.10):

Figure 7.10: Connecting the gripper to the chassis

Assembling electronics

Follow the instructions given here to assemble the electronics on the Mini Robot Rover chassis. Use Figure 7.11 to make connections between all the electronic components:

  1. Take the Arduino UNO and mount it on the metal plate using the #4-40 machine screws and nuts. Use a piece of cardboard between the metal chassis and the Arduino to prevent the bottom of the Arduino from touching the metal robot chassis and shorting out.
  2. Take the Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 Kit - v2.3 and stack it on the Arduino UNO.
  3. Connect the DC motors to the motor shield. The left DC motor should be connected to port M1 of the Motor Shield. The right DC motor should be connected to port M2 of the Motor Shield.
  4. Screw the top plate standoffs into the mounting holes near the center...