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Parrot AR.Drone is a remote controlled flying quadcopter helicopter built by the French company Parrot. There are two versions: AR.Drone released in August 2010 and AR.Drone 2.0 released in January 2012.

The drone is designed to be controlled with iOS devices (such as the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) and with Android devices, (such as the HTC Hero and the Sony Ericsson Xperia). Unofficial apps are available for the Samsung BADA and Symbian devices.

Technical specifications

Version 1.0

  • Launch date: August 2010
  • Interfaces: USB and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
  • Front camera: VGA sensor with 93° lens
  • Vertical camera: 64° lens, recording up to 60fps

Version 2.0

  • Launch date: January 2012
  • Interfaces: USB and Wi-Fi 802.11n
  • Front camera: 720p sensor with 93° lens, recording up to 30fps
  • Vertical camera: QVGA sensor with 64° lens, recording up to 60fps

Specs:

  • Motor: 4
  • Autonomy: 12 min
  • Max speed: 18 km/h
  • Range of action: 50 m
  • Dimensions: 45 cm * 29 cm
  • Weight with battery: 380 g
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Virtual Testing Environment for Drones

Does anyone know of a robotics developer environment ideal for testing AI programs for drones (e.g. quadcopters, planes, helicopters, etc.)? I would like something like Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio that includes a virtual environment (such as…
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How to get ROS xml param from launch file using Python

I have a launch file which extension is xml, and I would like to get the value of a parameter. This launch file is called ardrone.launch
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Saving AR-Drone 2.0 Video Stream Using Node JS

I'm trying to find a way to save the .png images produced when streaming video from the AR-Drone. The following code that uses the ar-drone module by felixge successfully streams the video to a browser, but I would like to take a screen-shot of this…
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takeoff doesn't respond in ar drone with nodejs

I was trying the steps given on the link http://www.instructables.com/id/Autonomous-AR-Parrot-Drone-20-Flying/?ALLSTEPS to control the ar drone. However its getting connected with the drone but doesnt response anything for takeoff instruction var…
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AR Drone 2.0, Gstreamer, C++ RTMP Server (streaming without SDK)

This question is the follow up question to this thread: AR Drone 2 and ffserver + ffmpeg streaming We are trying to get a stream from our AR Drone through a Debian server and into a flash application. The big picture looks like this: AR Drone -->…
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Capturing still image with ARDrone in the Free Flight example app (ARDrone)

I've been trying to grab still images from the ARDrone in the Free Flight example app that came from the SDK and I can't seem to find a clean way to do it. The SDK and the app are too heavily intertwined for me to grab the Open GL texture. Any…
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Possible to install AR Drone SDK 3.8 on Windows 8.1?

Is it possible to install the AR Drone 3.8 SDK on Windows 8.1? Has anyone found the zip/source for the 3.8 SDK? It's not publically available as far as I can see from searching the forums, google and the parrot website. The 2.0 SDK is downloadable…
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events.js:72 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event

I am trying to use node-ar-drone package for controlling and interfacing with an AR Parrot Drone 2 but I get the following errors after connecting to the wireless network of the drone in my OSX Yosemite: 587214779:examples mona$ node png-stream.js…
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How to Program Parrot AR.Drone to Fly Straight

I am using node.js & node-ar-drone to program my AR.Drone 2.0 to perform some basic flight maneuvers indoors. From what I can tell, the drone seems to never fly straight. It will always sway to the left and right, hover for a few seconds, or crash…
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What API should I use to control an ARDrone 2.0?

I am working on a project about autonomous flight, and I am using an ARDrone 2.0. I wonder which API is better to send command to the drone. I have seen that I am able to use NodeJS or the ROS platform, but I would like that someone with experience…
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AR Drone 2 and ffserver + ffmpeg streaming

I want to be able to restream the video feed of the AR Drone 2 from a Debian Server to Flash. I am aware that the AR Drone uses the codec p264. I'm totally green when it comes to video codecs, so I don't know what will be suitable for the goal I…
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General easing algorithms (Not for sepecific GUI API)

I'm developing a control program for a Quadrocopter (AR Drone) under C# I want to ease the input from keyboards (Which do not have axes like joysticks)... So i need a collection of methods that the user can choose from with different kind of…
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Access AR.Drone camera with OpenCV while connected to ROS

I am having an issue where by I am unable to connect to the AR Drone 2 camera when the drone is connected through ROS using the ardrone_autonomy ardrone.launch. I think the issue is due to the fact that I am trying to access the drone camera through…
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Compiling AR Drone SDK fails with DSO missing from command line

I am attempting to build the AR Drone SDK on Ubuntu. When compiling the libraries I get the error: //lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: error adding symbols: DSO missing from command line collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I dont understand…
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AR Drone 2.0 SDK for Android on Windows

I have a Parrot AR Drone 2.0. I want to install the SDK but documentation file which is here is not good enough. How can i set up the AR Drone 2.0 SDK for Android Studio on Windows?
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