"Drone WayPointer" is a ROS package that provides a UI to allow for remote control of the Parrot AR Drone 2.0. It is developed in C++ with qt-ros and the Qt4 Development FrameWork. It is designed to work with the ROS - Fuerte and it uses the the ardrone_autonomy driver (Fuerte-devel Branch). It has so far only been tested on the tum_simulator and not on the actual drone. The main functionalities it provides is camera streams of front or bottom cameras of the drone, button and slider control of the drone XYZ velocities, control using waypoints and waypoint commands, pose estimation using simple dead-reckoning and measurement and image recording functionalities.

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Play Video Main Menu - Settings Button Controls & Measurements Slider Controls & Measurements Flightpath Controls & Measurements

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Scientific/Engineering, Robotics, Education

License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Operating Systems

Cygwin, Linux

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Science/Research, Education, Advanced End Users, Developers, Engineering

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Scientific Engineering, C++ Robotics Software, C++ Education Software

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2014-12-18
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