A Follow Me drone follows a device or an object; the device can be your phone or a device with some sensors that continuously communicate with the drone to get the right position. If it follows an object, then there is some machine learning involved with the system. Some drones can do image processing and follow an object. For example, if you train your drone to follow dogs, you need to teach it how to detect an object and compare it with a dog and follow it, which is a little complicated. But in this chapter, you will be given some ideas that can be implemented for building your own Follow Me drone. As we were talking about following a device with the Follow Me drone, you may have guessed that the position might be determined by the GPS sensor. And, of course, you need other sensors for the drone to locate your position correctly; thus, the receiver...
Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino
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Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino
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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 (11 chapters)
Preface
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Things to Know Before You Build a Drone
Assembling Your Drone
Preparing Your Drone for Flying
Building a Follow Me Drone
Building a Mission Control Drone
Building a Drone to Take Selfies and Record Videos
Building Prototype Drones – Gliding Drones
Building Prototype Drones – Racing Drones
Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Drone
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