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ESP8266 Robotics Projects

By : Pradeeka Seneviratne
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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

Things you will need


The following list shows the things that you will need to build the robot. In Chapter 1Getting Ready and Chapter 2Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266, you assembled the Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit with the Arduino UNO, a motor driver, ESP8266 ESP01, wheel encoders, and a bi-directional logic level converter.

You can use the same chassis kit by removing all the things assembled on the top chassis layer (the Arduino UNO, motor driver, ESP8266 ESP01, and the bi-directional logic level converter) and the 9V battery holder attached to the bottom chassis layer.

If you want to build a robot with another Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit, first assemble it on the top chassis layer without attaching a 9V battery holder onto the bottom chassis layer: