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Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino

Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino

By : Syed Omar Faruk Towaha
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Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino

Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino

4.1 (8)
By: Syed Omar Faruk Towaha

Overview of this book

With the use of drones, DIY projects have taken off. Programmers are rapidly moving from traditional application programming to developing exciting multi-utility projects. This book will teach you to build industry-level drones with Arduino and ESP8266 and their modified versions of hardware. With this book, you will explore techniques for leveraging the tiny WiFi chip to enhance your drone and control it over a mobile phone. This book will start with teaching you how to solve problems while building your own WiFi controlled Arduino based drone. You will also learn how to build a Quadcopter and a mission critical drone. Moving on you will learn how to build a prototype drone that will be given a mission to complete which it will do it itself. You will also learn to build various exciting projects such as gliding and racing drones. By the end of this book you will learn how to maintain and troubleshoot your drone. By the end of this book, you will have learned to build drones using ESP8266 and Arduino and leverage their functionalities to the fullest.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Chapter 8. Building Prototype Drones – Racing Drones

No one remembers the runners up in any game. Drone racing is becoming a popular game in the world. The First Person View (FPV) of drone racing is the most popular. In FPV racing, only the pilot can see what the drone sees. The pilot wears head mounted displays, where he/she can see the things from the camera installed on the drone and controls the drone with the remote. In the competitions, there is a defined path given with a number of obstacles and zigzag routes. The pilots are meant to fly the drone through the path and complete the set course as quickly as possible. Feeling excited? Well, in this chapter, we will be building a racing drone. And, at the end of the chapter, we will know a few rules and regulations regarding the racing drones. Let's begin with the introduction of the racing drone.

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