Robots are cool, so check out [Atlin Anderson]’s Spiderbot (video, embedded below) which can be made with 3D printed parts, hobby servos, and ESP32-CAM module for control and a first-person view.
and in that arena [jomjol] has a very neat solution involving an ESP32 camera module and a software neural network to identify meter readings directly. The ESP and camera sit at the top of a 3D ...