20Wi-Fi Remote-Controlled Robot

In this project you’re going to build a two-wheel, battery-powered robot with a Raspberry Pi Zero W and the MotoZero add-on. You can control it over Wi-Fi using a web app you’ll make with Node-RED.

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PARTS REQUIRED

Raspberry Pi Zero W (or other 40 GPIO Raspberry Pi)

Smart robot car chassis kit

MotoZero add-on board (or other motor controller add-on)

Four AA batteries

Portable charger

Jumper wires

SOFTWARE REQUIRED

Node-RED dashboard

PROJECT OUTLINE

Rather than going straight into the project, we’ll highlight the most important parts of the robot to give you an idea of how it will all work.

Wi-Fi

You’ll control the ...

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