It’s a case of standing on the shoulders of giants. The ESP32-CAM is a device that allows one to stream live video images over a network using existing example code.

Historically, we’ve used IR and ultrasonic sensors but [Makers Mashup] decided to use an ESP32-Cam as a motion sensor in his latest animatronic creation. You can see a video of the device and ...

The fourth and final section, "MicroPython with the ESP32", teaches you how to use MicroPython with the ESP32 to program devices that have communications, displays, switches, and motors.