A gripper is just like a human hand. It enables the holding, tightening, handling, and releasing of an object. A gripper can be attached to the chassis of the robot and controlled with a microcontroller. Many styles and sizes of grippers exist so that the correct model can be selected for the application.
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
- Building a robot with a gripper using Mini Robot Rover Chassis kit
- Assembling a parallel gripper kit with a servo motor
- Building the circuit with ESP8266, Arduino, and the Motor/Stepper/Servo shield
- Writing an Arduino sketch to control the gripper through a Blynk app
