AR Drone 2.0
- Read AR Drone Developer Guide, Parrot [chap. 1-3, 17 pages]. This guide will give you an overview of the structure, operations, hardware, software, and communication of AR Drone 2.0. Take notes on what you have learned.
- Download the FreeFlight app from the App Store (for iPhone/iPad) or from the Play Store (for Android). Watch AR Drone video Tutorials #1 and #2, and learn how to fly the drone. Identify the features and app options you want to try out later.
- Fly the drone! First, pay attention to all the safety concerns about yourself, the bystanders, the drone, and the surrounding environment before you fly. You can grab the drone while flying and turn it up-side-down which will cause it to enter an emergency mode which shuts down the motors. This is great for self-defense, as well as stopping a drone that is out of control. It's better to fly it in an open field. Start at low speed and limited height before you are trying more advanced movements. Go through all the basic movements (e.g., forward, backward, left, right, clockwise, counter-clockwise, up, down, etc) that the drone can do, and try to combine some of them to create more complex movements (e.g., forward and up, U-turn, spiral-up, etc.) Create various complex movements yourselves, and take notes on what are them and how to create them. These exercises will give you first-hand experience and understanding of the drone navigation. Latter on, your are going to make the drone perform these tasks autonomously. So, it's crucial for you to understand them thoroughly before you can program it.
- How to use Git and GitHub, Udacity. Sign up the Udacity for accessing to some of the free materials. Start this free course at your own pace to pick up the Git and GitHub. You are going to use them to handle your software projects.
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