About the Author

Cornel Amariei is a Romanian inventor and entrepreneur in the fields of Robotics and 3D printing. He has been working with the Arduino platform since its early days in 2007. His past experience involves large cargo gamma ray scanning robotics, ATM security systems, and blind assisting devices. In his spare time, he is a performing musician playing multiple instruments—predominately the guitar. He is also a swimmer, water polo player, and photographer.

Over the years, he has built hundreds of Arduino projects, ranging from flying Quadcopters to levitating magnets and underwater robots. Currently, he splits his time between doing his undergraduate studies in electric engineering and computer science at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany, and his start-ups and research and development job.

I would like to thank my parents: my mother, Cristina, and my father, Eugen, for buying me my first technology book 18 years ago. I don't know whether this was the intended path they had in mind for me, but considering the amount of support they offered during the writing of this book, I believe now it is.

I would also like to thank my friends, colleagues, and business partners for accepting my new project and providing me with the time required to complete it, even if this meant more work for them.

Finally, I would like to thank Packt Publishing for offering me the chance to write this book and for handling all the delays I brought to the project, as most of this book was written in transit, short breaks, late nights, and early mornings.

Thank you.