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Andrew Nesbitt
April 22, 2013
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Transcript
Nodecopter
Andrew Nesbitt @teabass
Julian Cheal @juliancheal
LNUG.org
Nodecopter
Felix Geisendörfer
Berlin, Oct 5th 2012
AR Drone 2.0
HD Camera Downfacing camera Gyroscope Wifi 1GHz CPU Linux Accelerometer
Magnetometer Ultrasound
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Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for
easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non- blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
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Server-side Javascript Asynchronous Runs on v8 from Chrome Perfect for
network programs
http://nodejs.org/download/ nodejs.org/download v0.10.4 $ node
http://nodejs.org/download/ $ npm install ar-drone
npmjs.org
var arDrone = require('ar-drone'); var client = arDrone.createClient(); client.takeoff(); client
.after(5000, function() { this.clockwise(0.5); }) .after(3000, function() { this.animate('flipLeft', 15); }) .after(1000, function() { this.stop(); this.land(); });
Node.js + Quadcopters What could go wrong?
Demos
Warning!
Basic Flight Xbox Controller Streaming video Dancing Face detection Leap
Motion
https://github.com/felixge/node-ar-drone https://github.com/andrew/nodecopter https://github.com/andrew/drone-xbox-controller https://github.com/bkw/node-dronestream https://github.com/andrew/ar-drone-dancer https://github.com/bjartwolf/FaceDetection https://github.com/markuskobler/nodecopter-london
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Wii controller Asterisk iPad controller Piano synth controller QR code
detection Other projects
James Halliday github.com/substack
matador-copter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymlbNEL5TQQ
dronegames.co
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virus-copter github.com/substack/virus-copter
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Facial recognition Motion controllers Lasers Multiple drones Mapping Velcro 3G/GSM
Ideas
shama.github.com/voxel-drone
Arducopter
artoo.io
require 'artoo' connection :ardrone, adaptor: :ardrone device :drone, driver: :ardrone
work do drone.start drone.take_off after(25.seconds) { drone.hover.land } after(30.seconds) { drone.stop } end
clj-drone
(ns clj-drone.example (:use clj-drone.core)) (drone-initialize) (drone :take-off) (Thread/sleep 10000) (drone
:land)
Scotlandjs.com May 11th
http://summerofdrones.com
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Questions?