ESP8266 robotics projects : DIY Wi-Fi controlled robots / Pradeeka Seneviratne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seneviratne, Pradeeka, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robots--Control systems--Design and construction.

Robots.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] ; Mumbai, [India] : Packt Publishing, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Build simple yet amazing robotics projects using ESP8266 About This Book Get familiar with ESP8266 and its features. Build Wi-FI controlled robots using ESP8266 A project based book that will use the ESP8266 board and some of its popular variations to build robots. Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at enthusiasts who are interested in developing low-cost robotics projects using ESP8266. A basic knowledge of programming will be useful but everything you need to know is are covered in the book. What You Will Learn Build a basic robot with the original ESP8266, Arduino UNO, and a motor driver board. Make a Mini Round Robot with ESP8266 HUZZAH Modify your Mini Round Robot by integrating encoders with motors Use the Zumo chassis kit to build a line-following robot by connecting line sensors Control your Romi Robot with Wiimote Build a Mini Robot Rover chassis with a gripper and control it through Wi-Fi Make a robot that can take pictures In Detail 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. Style and approach A project-based guide that will help you build exciting robotics using ESP8266.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Getting Ready

ESP8266EX

ESP-01

Board features and connections

Connections

Connecting with a breadboard

Power supply

Connecting through USB for flashing

Using a serial terminal program

AT commands

Using AT commands

Using the Arduino IDE

Installing the Arduino core for an ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip

Hello world

Listing 1-1 - Blink a LED

Using chassis kits and accessories to build robots

Mini 3-Layer Round Robot Chassis Kit

Zumo chassis kit

Romi chassis kit

Mini robot rover chassis kit

Rover 5 robot platform

Wheel encoder kit

Parallel Gripper Kit A - Channel mount

Summary

Chapter 2: Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266

Things you will need

Assembling the Mini 3-Layer Round Robot chassis kit

Assembling the wheels

Assembling the chassis

Attaching 9V battery box to the chassis layer

Connecting the middle chassis

Attaching 4 x AA battery box to the chassis layer

Mounting the Arduino board

Wiring them together

Connecting the Arduino with motor driver

Connecting the motors with the motor driver

Connecting the ESP01 with Arduino

Writing sketches

Using Blynk

Installing the Blynk library for Arduino

Writing the Arduino sketch

Working with the Blynk Sketch Code Builder

Listing 2-1 - Example code generated with the Blynk Sketch Code Builder

Listing 2-2 - complete sketch for mini round robot

Uploading the sketch

Applying power

Playing the robot

Chapter 3: Using Encoders

The Wheel Encoder Kit

Connecting the encoders with motors

Wiring the encoders with Arduino

Reading encoders

Creating a Blynk app.

Writing an Arduino sketch

Listing 3-1 - Displaying average of the pulses generated by the two wheel encoders (the hall-effect sensors)

Calculating the distance traveled

Calculating the average speed

Listing 3-3 - Calculating and displaying the average speed

Playing the 3-Layer Mini Round Robot

Chapter 4: Building a Mini Round Robot with the Feather HUZZAH ESP8266

What is Feather HUZZAH ESP8266?

The DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing

Downloading the Adafruit Motor Shield V2 library

Assembling the robot

Creating a Blynk app

Writing the Arduino UNO sketch

Listing 4-1 - Arduino sketch for controlling the Mini Round Robot

Testing the robot

Chapter 5: Line-Following Zumo Robot

Assembling the Zumo chassis Kit

Attaching the Feather Doubler

Building a line-following course

Writing Arduino sketch

Listing 5-1 - Arduino sketch for line-following

Playing with your robot

Chapter 6: Building an ESP8266 Robot Controller

Building the Romi Robot

Ball casters

Battery contacts

Motors

Wheels

The battery compartment and power distribution

Attaching the FeatherWing Doubler

Building the Robot Controller

Software

Arduino sketch for the Robot Controller

Coding the Romi Robot

Listing 6-2 - Arduino sketch for the Robot

Play it

Chapter 7: Building a Gripper Robot

Mini Robot Rover chassis kit

Assembling the Gripper Kit

Connecting the gripper to the chassis

Assembling electronics

Controlling the gripper with Blynk

Creating the Blynk app

Testing the gripper

Chapter 8: Photo Rover Robot

Rover 5 chassis.

Connecting the electronics

Wiring the ArduCAM with the Feather HUZZAH ESP8266

Arduino libraries

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 3, 2018).

ISBN:

9781788396370

1788396375

OCLC:

1019129070