Akhilesh's IITM DIY Robot Car(ESP8266)

[00:00:03]And it's lights out and away we go.

[00:00:06]>> Name is Akil Synindul Kumar and I'm studying in year 10 at Heartfulness International School in Kolabakam, Chennai. When I uh my IITM DIY project is a simple RC car using normal wheels.

[00:00:19]For my RC car, I used an ESP 8266 module as well as an LN2 LN 298 N motor. When I first started building this project, I originally used a simple uh a simple chassis made out of some weak cardboard I used as well as only a single base without this covering. But then what happened was along with me messing up the motor connections, the chassis itself wasn't strong enough to hold the thing because of which the motors kept bending out of place and the thing eventually finally collapsed. Although demotivated by this, I decided to persevere and I ended up buying stronger cardboard and I also decided to use this idea where I make it in such a way that the motors are below along with most of the motor wiring and then I keep the main components on the top. This not only makes it safer for the motor components, it also gives the motor more structural integrity as one of my previous issues was the motor kept falling off due to the force it due to the force it experienced and the glue was coming apart. Now with this sort of setup, I can also add further stuff like for example I could cover this and make it look like a real car. I'm extremely grateful for doing this project as it helped me learn a lot about electronics and it also helped me uh learn the importance and values of persevering and never giving up. Now this car can go forwards, backwards, left and right. I can even do a full 360. So without further ado, let's show how the car works.

[00:01:54][Music] Final lap. I'm on top of the world and I will never rest for a second again. One more time I have beat in the mountain.

[00:02:23]>> I'm asking. I hope you guys enjoyed the video about where I showcase the capabilities of this car. I really think that this this project is extremely underrated and it's a very good way for beginners to make uh and it's a very good stepping stone for many beginners to make extremely cool products in the future. I'm extremely grateful to the IITF uh DIY uh professors for giving me this enriching opportunity in order to make this car and also the valuable information I learned along with it.

[00:02:51]Thank you. Uh thank you for giving me this opportunity and I hope to make uh more cool projects such as this with this experience that I've gained. Thank you.