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I have been working with ArDrone Autonomy package to control Parrot's ardrone 1.0 and 2.0.
Now I want to work with the new drone and I was wondering how to do it. Can I use ardrone autonomy? Should I change any configuration? Is there any specific package to use Bebop?
Thank you in advance
Update 2: It's possible now: https://github.com/AutonomyLab/bebop_...
Bebop drone uses a different protocol than Ardrone, therefor it can not be interfaced through ArdroneLIB SDK. That's the reason why ardrone_autonomy is incompatible with Bebop drone. There is currently no ROS driver to control Bebop. As @Cyril_J said, Parrot has released ARDoneSDK3 for Bebop drone. I'll provide my insights about this SDK as a comment.
Update 1: Paparazzi project supports Bebop. I have not yet tried this solution, but it might be possible to bridge ivy (Paparazzi's comm protocol) to ROS either directly or through mavlink <-> ivy bridge. (More info)
I am the maintainer/developer of ardrone_autonomy. I got access to Bebop drone a couple of weeks ago and tested and hacked it for a couple of days. The drone itself is a major improvement over Ardrone 2.0. However there is no developer guide for the SDK. (cont)
The underlying protocol, the network layer configuration and the logic behind the framework is not clear. The SDK comes with a C example that shows how to control the drone with keyboard and read the video stream. In principal one can build a ROS driver around this example. (cont)
I decided not to do that for now for couple of reasons 1) Extra effort is needed to understand how the SDK work. It means longer development time which I could not commit to 2) Since the protocol is not documented, it is not clear if the streaming video quality can be improved (cont)
Currently the streaming video quality is poor with lag and jitter. With this quality, it is not a useful platform for vision processing tasks, which I am personally interested in. If anyone is interested to discuss the options and solutions, please feel free to contact me.
Asked: 2015-03-27 13:06:31 -0500
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Last updated: Sep 10 '15
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I have the same question. Waiting for an answer!!!
I also would like to know how to do that ! I only know this repository : https://github.com/ARDroneSDK3 Haven't tried it yet, but it should be possible to link it to ROS.
I am very eager to know the answer to this question. Primarily because I do not exactly know how the controller for ardrone or hector_quadrotor are implemented. It is all very confusing. I keep going in circles. There is no one pipeline layout of how the urdf, dynamics, control are all coded.