November 2017
Beginner
210 pages
4h 41m
English
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Photo Rover Robot
In this chapter, you will build a Rover Robot that can be used to take pictures from remote locations and view them using a web browser. The robot uses a web socket server that allows you to control the camera using a simple web-based interface. The same interface allows you to view the captured image as well. You can save the picture to your computer or mobile device using the web browser for further processing.
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
- Building a robot with Rover 5 chassis
- Assembling electronics on Rover 5 chassis
- Connecting ArduCAM with Feather HUZZAH ESP8266
- Creating a web socket server on Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 to serve images to clients