Controlling your robot via a web interface

You might also want to control your BeagleBone Blue project from a remote device, perhaps a mobile phone or a tablet. In this section, you'll learn how to create a web server control mechanism for your robot so that you can control it from any web browser via WLAN.

For this part of the project, I'll assume you want to access the device, control two DC motors, and use a connected webcam to give you remote interface access to the video information you'll need to control the direction of the robot. Here is a picture of this sort of robot:

I'll also assume that you have read Chapter 3, Making the Unit ...

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