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Smartphone Controlled DIY Rover Using Websockets -- Episode 438

 

Who doesn't love robots? In this episode, I build a hardware kit and program the software to drive a small, wheeled, non-autonomous robot. The hardware is based around a Raspberry Pi 4 and a Motor HAT used to drive a couple of DC motors. The software is based on Python, using the Flask module to run a web server, the socket io module for sending and receiving commands, and HTML and JavaScript to build a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI) for driving the rover..

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Product Name Manufacturer Quantity Buy Kit
Development Kit, STS-Pi Roving Robot Kit For Raspberry Pi Pimoroni 1 Buy Now
Raspberry Pi DC Stepper Motor Hat Development Board Adafruit 1 Buy Now
Single Board Computer, Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Adafruit 1 Buy Now

 

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    Still getting used to the site so trying this again. I'm glad you enjoyed the episode! image

     

    I had the same thoughts about my youngest dog (featured in the vid) so I recorded those scenes last. I was surprised she completely ignored it—probably due to the noise of the motors. Nonetheless, poor little Yoda was promptly skinned as soon as it was taken off the rover.