{"id":11803,"date":"2015-01-17T19:53:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T19:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11803"},"modified":"2015-01-17T19:53:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T19:53:29","slug":"raspberry-pi-robot-with-streaming-video-and-a-web-remote-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11803","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi robot with streaming video and a web remote control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fortoffee.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2015-01-16-15.37.09.jpg?resize=560%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Carl Monk&#8217;s been busy. He&#8217;s taken some components that he&#8217;s collected during his time working with the Pi and has come up with a\u00a0robot that streams live video and allows you to control it over a mobile phone or tablet using a simple web interface. He&#8217;s used a <a href=\"http:\/\/4tronix.co.uk\/store\/index.php?rt=product\/product&amp;keyword=microcon&amp;product_id=262\" target=\"_blank\">4tronix Microcon<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/makersify.com\/products\/adafruit-mini-pan-tilt-kit-assembled-with-micro-servos\" target=\"_blank\">Adafruit Pan &amp; Tilt<\/a> and, of course, a <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/collections\/raspberry-pi-camera\/products\/raspberry-pi-camera-module\" target=\"_blank\">Pi camera<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortoffee.org.uk\/2015\/01\/toffeebot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read about his project here<\/a>\u00a0which he&#8217;s called ToffeeBot. 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