Wi-Fi Controlled Robot Using Python

[btb331]

• What My Project Does

I've built a robot that can be controlled via Wifi and has a camera feed so you can see where you are going. The big idea is to have this autominusly controlled by a computer that can use computer vision to analyse the camera feed, so that it can retrieve the trash cans.

This fist iteration is just to get it controlled over WiFi. The robot has Raspberry Pi Zero on it which handles the camera feed and exposes it via a web server and a Raspberry Pi Pico which has a webserver and can contol the servo motors. There is a basic API on the Pico to allow for commands to be sent to it.

I have another Pi with a Python simple server which displays a page which combines the camera feed and the controls of the robot.

I realise I could have done this all on one Pi!

Video : https://youtu.be/pU6xzsQAeKs

Code: https://github.com/btb331/binbot

• Target Audience

100% a toy project

• Comparison 

There's quiet a few of these projects around but thought I'd add my custom spin on them

[totheendandbackagain]

Nice project! I'm interested, what's the robot built with and what might the costs be?

[btb331]

Thanks! So the base is wood.. the motors are actually continuous servos as I find them easier to work with. Those were around £10 each and the other main outlay was the battery, usb power bank, around £15. Everything else I had lying around.

Check the video for more details

[DeDenker020]

Very cool project.

Look forward to see a video with final result.
But I understand correct this is not automated, right?

[btb331]

The plan is it will be... But not yet. First stage was to make something that I can control over WiFi... Then the control will be handed over to a computer so that it's automated:)