The power of node.js (with quadcopters)

felixge The Power of Node Felix Geisendörfer

@felixge felixge Background 2005 - 2008 2008 - now 2009
- now

@felixge felixge npm modules

@felixge felixge Audience • Heard of node.js? • Used node.js
for something? • Node in production?

felixge This Talk

@felixge felixge This Talk • Write a node.js app •
Deploy & run it in production • Ask me anything

felixge The App

@felixge felixge Blog App

Blog tutorials are insanely boring and nobody should have to
suffer through one of them again. Ever.

@felixge felixge Robotics App

felixge Why?

@felixge felixge Benefits of robotics example apps • A small
distributed system • Production environment • Many interesting aspects / challenges

felixge The Robot

@felixge felixge Parrot AR Drone 2.0

felixge The Specs

@felixge felixge The Specs • WiFi (b/g/n) Router • 1
GHz 32Bit ARM Cortex A8 processor • 125 MB DDR2 Memory • Linux 2.6.32 you can telnet into it (Busybox) • 720p front facing camera (30 FPS) • 240p vertical camera (60 FPS) • USB 2.0 connector

@felixge felixge The Specs • 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 ordered

@felixge felixge Safety Warnings • Don’t be fooled, all drones
want to kill people • The protection hull did not fit in my suitcase

felixge Let’s fly it

felixge Let’s program it

@felixge felixge Plan • REST API to control the drone
• GET /sensors • PUT /control

felixge <Live Coding>

felixge </Live Coding>

felixge

felixge 3395,- SEK http://www.parrotshopping.com

@felixge felixge The Node Copter

@felixge felixge The Node Copter +

@felixge felixge Berlin, Oct 5th

@felixge felixge NodeCopter Worldwide • Dublin, Oct 20th • San
Francisco, Oct 31st • Seattle, Nov 8 - 9 • Brighton, Nov 11 • ...

felixge Summer of Drones June 2013 http://nodecopter.com/

felixge That’s it Felix Geisendörfer

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felixge Thank You Felix Geisendörfer

The power of node.js (with quadcopters)

The power of node.js (with quadcopters)

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