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ESP8266 Robotics Projects

You're reading from ESP8266 Robotics Projects DIY Wi-Fi controlled robots

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788474610

Length 210 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

ESP8266

Concepts

Robotics

Author (1):

Pradeeka Seneviratne

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Ready

2. Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER

3. Using Encoders

4. Building a Mini Round Robot with the Feather HUZZAH ESP8266

5. Line-Following Zumo Robot

6. Building an ESP8266 Robot Controller

7. Building a Gripper Robot

8. Photo Rover Robot

Things you will need

You will need the following things to modify the Wi-Fi controlled Mini 3-Layer Round Robot by adding the wheel encoders:

The Wheel Encoder Kit (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12629)
The Blynk app you built in Chapter 2, Building a Mini Round Robot with Original ESP8266

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Authors (1)

Seneviratne

Seneviratne

Pradeeka Seneviratne is a software engineer with over 10 years' 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]

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