>>> import libardrone
>>> drone = libardrone.ARDrone()
>>> # You might need to call drone.reset() before taking off if the drone is in
>>> # emergency mode
>>> drone.takeoff()
>>> drone.land()
>>> drone.halt()The drone's property image contains always the latest image from the camera.
At present this is in the format of a numpy array with dimensions (width, height, 3).
This may change in future.
The drone's property navdata contains always the latest navdata.
There is also a demo application included which shows the video from the drone and lets you remote-control the drone with the keyboard:
RETURN - takeoff
SPACE - land
BACKSPACE - reset (from emergency)
a/d - left/right
w/s - forward/back
1,2,...,0 - speed
UP/DOWN - altitude
LEFT/RIGHT - turn left/right
Here is a video of the library in action:
The public repository is located here for the AR.Drone 1.0:
git://github.com/venthur/python-ardrone.git
At present the AR.Drone 2.0 has a separate fork here:
git://github.com/adetaylor/python-ardrone.git
This software was tested with the following setup:
- Python 2.7.6
- Unmodified AR.Drone firmware 2.0
This software is published under the terms of the MIT License: