Hey guys! It's 2021 and we are so excited for our upcoming robotics projects! It's been a while since we've posted, and while we were away, we were busy completely redesigning the Rover! New microcontroller, new chassis, integrated RGB and speaker, upgraded motor drivers, pretty much everything! In this video, we'll go through the exact same process that we do at ACBR whenever we're designing a new Robot. As always your can pick up a Rover from our shop online, or use the design files from our website to build and customize your own! Pick up a Rover Robotics Kit from our shop: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/product-page/acbr-rover-robotics-kit Download the design files from our tutorial to build your own: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/post/designing-your-own-custom-esp32-powered-adventure-robot

Hey guys! This video is something we're really excited about! It covers chapter one of our brand new free ebook! If you're an Arduino pro, have experience with ESP32, and have been programming for years, then this video probably isn't for you. But if you've never built a robot before, and have always wanted to learn how to start, then you're in the right place! If you're looking for more information about building ESP32 based robots, check out some of our other videos on our channel, and tutorials on our website! We've decided to give away the ebook that goes along with this video series for free! To download your copy, head to www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com. https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/books-and-courses We started ACBR with the goal of helping people all around the world have a blast learning how to build robots, that why we want to create free content to help people get started!

Hey guys! In this video, we're covering a really practical and easy method for creating custom gears for projects using a fee online CAD called Onshape. I've been using it for my distance learning classes, and it's been an awesome tool. We'll also cover using gears in a larger assembly, setting up multiple gears to interact, and animating the whole thing!

Hey guys! As I'm sure you know by now, I'm a huge fan of the NRF24L01, it's a great way to get two Arduinos talking. When the RF Nano (Arduino Nano with integrated NRF24L01) came on the scene about a year ago, I was so excited. It has never been so easy for me and my students to build custom controllers for our robotics projects! Since then, I've been using our trusty RF Nano controller PCB. The same one we've had in the shop! It has been a trusty little board, but now it's time for an upgrade! We've got two main goals with this tutorial here. The first is to share some really fun code examples and share some of the background info for anyone who has purchased our RF Nano controller in our shop. The second is to provide the files, and the guidance you'd need to build your very own custom controller! We have the full tutorial for this video posted on the tutorials section of our website, including more example code that we didn't feature here in the video. You can find that here: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/post/the-rf-nano-controller-upgrade-building-your-own-custom-nrf24l01-arduino-based-robot-controller If you'd like to pick up the RF Nano Controller from our shop, we have them available here: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/product-page/universal-robot-controller Time Stamps: 2:36 The Schematic 6:08 Designing the PCB outline in Fusion 360 8:16 Designing the PCB layout in EasyEDA 11:55 Testing the Digital and Analog Inputs 21:35 Testing the MPU-6050 26:30 Sending our data with the NRF24L01

Hey guys! This weeks video is a in depth guide to assembling the robotic arms we include with the ESP32 Voyager, ESP32 Explorer, and ESP32 Robotic Arm Kit we have up in our shop! We worked hard to develop an arm that sits right in that affordable / powerful range. We have these robotic arms, as well as tons of other awesome kits available in our shop. Check it out! Shop: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/shop Tutorials: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/tutorials Videos: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/videos As always, we set aside a huge portion of our proceeds to put towards donating robotics supplies to young engineers, makers, and students all around the world. A huge thank you for all of you out there who have helped us achieve our goal.

We decided to take a break today here at ACBR headquarters, and settle an age old dispute, man vs. machine who would win in a Jenga match! The ACBR Explorer, or me? Interested in picking up an ESP32 Voyager of your own? Check out the shop! ACBR Voyager: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/shop

Hey guys! A special thanks to all of you makers out there having a blast building and programming the ESP32 Voyager and Explorer! This video is meant to guide you through building both the chassis for the ESP32 Voyager, and ESP32 Explorer. We are a huge fan of this tracked robot chassis here at ACBR. If you're interested in picking up the voyager, explorer, or this tank chassis kit by itself, head on over to the shop! Anyone Can Build Robots Shop: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/shop

Hey guys! I love soldering up a brand new circuit board, designing your board, grabbing all of the components, soldering everything up.. and once you turn on your new board, and it springs to life, there's nothing like it! This video is for all of you out there looking to solder up your ESP32 Voyager or Explorer Kit. While we offer all of our kits pre-soldered, we also offer our kits DIY! There are a few surface mount components involved, that may be a little intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of it, are a blast to solder up! While at ACBR Headquarters we use solder stencils, and an industrial pcb hot plate for our pre-soldered kits, it's possible to assemble one of our boards with a minimal amount of equipment. We hope you enjoy this guide! For those of you contemplating joining our awesome community of makers, students, and engineers having a blast using the Voyager and Explorer, we still have plenty in stock in our shop! You can grab one here: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/shop

Hey guys! This video is all about the difference between programming basic servo movement with the ESP32 compared to using an Arduino. There are a ton of makers out there that may be a little intimidated to making the switch over to ESP32, I'm hoping this video can help inspire some of you out there to try it out! There may be a few extra steps to getting your servos moving using an ESP32, but those extra steps, give you a ton of control, allowing you to incorporate all kinds of awesome servo features into your next project! We also have all of the info here in this video available as a tutorial on our site here: https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/post/esp32-vs-arduino-servo-control To demonstrate the differences, I'm using our Robotic Laser Cannon Kit, and our new ESP32 Robotic Arm Driver Board, we've got both up in the shop. As always a large portion of all proceeds go towards providing robotics kit to students, makers, and engineers in need all around the world, for free! Help us make the world a better place, build a bot! You can grab these kit from our shop using the link below. https://www.anyonecanbuildrobots.com/shop Enjoy!