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Artoo Adaptor For ARDrone

This repository contains the Artoo (http://artoo.io/) adaptor for the ARDrone 2.0 quadcopter (http://ardrone2.parrot.com/).

Artoo is a open source micro-framework for robotics using Ruby.

For more information abut Artoo, check out our repo at https://github.com/hybridgroup/artoo

The artoo-ardrone adaptor is based on the hybridgroup fork of the argus gem (https://github.com/hybridgroup/argus).

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Installing

gem install artoo-ardrone

Using


connection :ardrone, :adaptor => :ardrone
device :drone, :driver => :ardrone, :connection => :ardrone

work do
  drone.start
  drone.take_off
  after(15.seconds) { drone.hover.land }
  after(20.seconds) { drone.stop }
end

Connecting to ARDrone

The ARDrone is a WiFi device, so there is no additional work to establish a connection to a single drone. However, in order to connect to multiple drones, you need to perform some configuration steps on each drone via SSH.

Automatic Reset From Emergency Mode

When you first connect to the ARDrone by calling the start method, if it is in "emergency" mode, the ARDrone will not take off. Artoo can automatically reset it back "normal" mode, to be able to fly IF you pass in the navigation like this example:


connection :ardrone, :adaptor => :ardrone
device :drone, :driver => :ardrone, :connection => :ardrone

connection :navigation, :adaptor => :ardrone_navigation
device :nav, :driver => :ardrone_navigation, :connection => :navigation

work do
  on drone, :ready => :fly
  drone.start(nav) # pass the nav object into the start method
end

def fly(*data)
  drone.take_off
  after(15.seconds) { drone.hover.land }
  after(20.seconds) { drone.stop }
end

Documentation

Check out our documentation for lots of information about how to use Artoo.

IRC

Need more help? Just want to say "Hello"? Come visit us on IRC freenode #artoo

Contributing

(c) 2012-2014 The Hybrid Group