ESP8266 Robotics Projects: DIY Wi-Fi controlled robots

242 Pages·2017·17.68 MB·English

by  Pradeeka Seneviratne

ESP8266 Robotics Projects

DIY Wi-Fi controlled robots
Pradeeka Seneviratne

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
ESP8266 Robotics Projects
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About the Author
Pradeeka Seneviratne is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in computer
programming and systems design. He is an expert in the development of Arduino and Raspberry
Pi-based embedded systems. Pradeeka is currently a full-time embedded software engineer who
works with embedded systems and highly scalable technologies. Previously, he worked as a
software engineer for several IT infrastructure and technology servicing companies. He
collaborated with the Outernet project as a volunteer hardware and software tester for Lighthouse
and Raspberry Pi-based DIY Outernet receivers based on Ku band satellite frequencies. He is
also the author of five books:
Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints [Packt Publishing]
IoT: Building Arduino-Based Projects [Packt Publishing]
Building Arduino PLCs [Apress]
Raspberry Pi 3 Projects for Java Programmers [Packt Publishing]
Beginning BBC micro:bit [Apress]
About the Reviewer
Shweta Gupte is an embedded systems engineer with 4 years, experience in the robotics field.
Shweta has worked with robots both at the software level and with a low-level hardware
interface. She has experience of working with embedded system design, RTOS, microcontroller
programming, and the low-level interfacing of robots, motion planning, and computer vision.
Shweta has experience in programming in C, Embedded C, JAVA, MATLAB, and
microcontroller assembly language. She has worked with low-level controllers, including
Renesas RX62, Renesas QSK, Arduino, PIC, and Rasberry Pi.
Currently, she is working at Mathworks to develop MATLAB and Simulink products for
robotics and embedded targets, including developing automated test beds and hardware testing.
She has a masters degree in electrical engineering and a bachelors degree in electronics and
telecommunications.
Her interests include playing with low-cost microcontroller-based robots and quadrotors. She
likes to spend her spare time rock climbing and fostering rescued dogs.