A project uses Crazyflies to control a blimp.
- Currently we are starting to fly things. One script that is (should be) under rapid update is "Position Control.py" which drives the crazyflie to a desired position under the localization provided by an Optitrack system and onboard sensors.
- Before moving to the next step, we have to make sure the position tracking works no matter the starting point.
- Then, next step
- Work on the stability analysis with the angle hold -> assigned to Jiawei
- Onboard localization methods (Since crazyflie provides pretty solid orientation, we would like to work on obtaining the position of the drone)
- Onboard computations (Phone? Arduino? Raspberry Pi? Others?)
- Object recognition (Camera! Others? Do we need a depth sensor?)
- Clone the repository to your local machine
- In "Position Control.py", modify the IP address of the Optitrack server, of your local machine accordingly. Change the uri of the drone.
- Run the script by typing in a terminal
python3 "Position Control.py"- Another todo: make those changes of uri and IP addresses into input parameters of the script.
Once we had most of the todos work, we will come back to create some demonstrations.
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cflib (https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-lib-python) is an API written in Python that is used to communicate with the Crazyflie and Crazyflie 2.0 quadcopters. It is intended to be used by client software to communicate with and control a Crazyflie quadcopter.
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(Temporary) natnet for Optitrack in Python (https://github.com/swarmslab/optitrack_natnet) is a simple Python script to connect to the Optitrack Motion Capture System.