https://github.com/functino/drone-browser

Remote control your ar-drone 2 via your browser
https://github.com/functino/drone-browser

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Remote control your ar-drone 2 via your browser

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/functino/drone-browser
• Owner: functino
• Created: 2012-10-14T16:46:25.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-10-27T10:51:42.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-15T10:47:58.410Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 1.49 MB
• Stars: 107
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 52
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md

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README

          
Getting started

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Connect to your ar drone 2 via WLAN, then run node.server.js open up localhost:3001 and you're ready to go.

Use `W, A, S, D` to move front, back and sideways. Use your `cursors` to go up/down or turn clockwise/counter clockwise.

Some animations can be triggered with `1-4`

`SPACE` for taking of and `esc` for landing.

When you crash use `e` to recover from emergency mode.

This project is heavily inspired from https://github.com/usefulthink/nodecopter-monitor . I just removed the three.js part and ported it from socket.io to faye since I like that better.

Dependencies

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You can install/update the node dependencies via `npm install -d`.

Dependencies for client code are managed via bower ( https://github.com/twitter/bower ). 

You need to have `ffmpeg` installed (it's used for the picture stuff)

Screenshot

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This is how it looks like in action:

![drone browser in chrome](https://raw.github.com/functino/drone-browser/master/screenshot.png)

TODO

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- use getUserMedia/the webcam to control the drone (like magic xylophone...)

- add a slider to make the speed/duration of actions configurable

- toggle between takeoff/land buttons or disable takeoff button after takeoff...

- mayby change the "recover" button to send a land command first (because otherwise the drone tries to start again...)

- only show the recover button when the drone is in emergency mode

- use canvas to draw angle-stuff or rotate the picture stream accordingly

- get rid of the (sometimes) long lag of the picture stream 

- makte it work without ffmpeg (skip the picture stuff then....)