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Felix Geisendörfer
September 28, 2012
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Programming flying robots with JavaScript
Presentation given at LXJS.
Felix Geisendörfer
September 28, 2012
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Programming flying robots with node.js! Felix Geisendörfer, @felixge Sep 28,
2012 - LXJS
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Flying robots & node.js!
Parrot AR Drone 2.0
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 • Sold as a toy •
Controlled via iPhone/Android
Let’s fly it
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 • 720p front facing camera (30
FPS) • 240p vertical camera (60 FPS) • 1 GHz 32Bit ARM Cortex A8 processor • 125 MB DDR2 Memory • Linux 2.6.32 that you can telnet into (running Busybox) • USB 2.0 connector • WiFi (b/g/n) Router
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 • 3 axis gyroscope (2000°/second precision)
• 3 axis accelerometer (+-50mg precision) • 3 axis magnetometer (6° precision) • Pressure sensor (+-10 Pa precision) • Ultrasound sensors • Fully reparable - all components can be replaced • costs 300 euros
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 • Parrot wants people to make
mobile game apps • Open / documented protocol • Firmware is closed source, but alternatives are available
Let’s program it!
But why? • Learn about debugging / running production systems
• Artificial Intelligence, Image recognition • Example: PID Controllers
https://github.com/felixge/node-ar-drone
NodeCopter.js October 5, Berlin
Thank you! @felixge