💿📚Drone Programming🚁📡

Question

I was curious. Are there any drone hobbyist/enthusiast around? I'm sure there are.

I've heard that C++, Arduino, JavaScript, etcetera are good. What do you guys use?

This can be for general purpose or autonomous programming.

Answer 1

I tried to hack my Parrot AR.Drone with Python, but it never turned out into a project. If you are anything into Python, you might check this library:
www.playsheep.de/drone/

Parrot also has a good website on DIY projects:
http://developer.parrot.com

and a friendly dev forum:
http://forum.developer.parrot.com

Answer 2

@Adrian Nothing, really. I wanted to check if I could steer with it using the keyboard. It kind of worked, but ultimately I found the official app more user friendly :)

Answer 3

Kuba has a drone!
Anyways I went to this tech competition where one of the demonstrations used Unity to operate the drone and create a 3d-layout of tje surroundings

Answer 4

@A_Hook Oh that's an interesting link you shared. I can work with that as well. Thanks a lot.

Is there a particular focus you have for your drone?

Answer 5

https://gobot.io I use this (golang) for drone development with Arduino and raspberry pi combination.

Answer 6

@A_Hook That's fantastic. I'm interested in drone swarms as well.

Answer 7

@Kuba Siekierzyński Thanks a lot. That's a nice amount of information that I can work with. I really appreciate it.

If you don't mind me asking, what were you going to do with your drone?

Answer 8

@Pegasus That's interesting. Did it use camera technology to capture the surroundings and Unity to convert it into a digital environment?

Answer 9

@Kuba Siekierzyński Ah okay. Haha. Thanks a bunch!

Answer 10

@Adrian search and rescue using swarm algorithms.