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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

Assembling the Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit


The Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit (Figure 2.1) gives you everything you need to build a two-wheel drive robot chassis. The kit includes the following things:

  • Three chassis layers
  • Two drive motors (drive with 3-6V DC, 200-400 mA run, 1.5A hard stall)
  • Two wheels
  • Two rubber treads
  • Two red panels
  • Four brass standoffs
  • Four long screws
  • Eight small screws
  • Four nuts
  • Two small screws
  • One nut
  • One plastic caster ball

Figure 2.1: Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries (https://www.adafruit.com)

Assembling the wheels

First, assemble the two wheels with motors. Take the following things (Figure 2.2):

  • Two motors
  • Two wheels
  • Four long screws
  • Four nuts
  • Two black panels

Figure 2.2: Things you will need to assemble the wheels. Image courtesy of Adafruit Industries (https://www.adafruit.com); Image credits—John O'Brien-Carelli

The following steps will guide you how to assemble them together:

  1. Screw the two black panels onto the motors. The...