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UAV::Pilot is a Perl library for controlling UAVs. It currently works with the Parrot AR.Drone, with plans to expand to others in the future.

Demo video

The current library supports basic commands, such as takeoff, pitch, roll, yaw, vert speed, and land. All the preprogrammed flight animations are also in place. Navigation data and video are not yet supported–see the ROADMAP file for future plans.

Github repository: https://github.com/frezik/UAV-Pilot

CPAN: https://metacpan.org/module/TMURRAY/UAV-Pilot-0.1/lib/UAV/Pilot.pm


"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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Re: Announcing: UAV::Pilot v0.1
by Anonymous Monk on May 10, 2013 at 02:39 UTC

    What happens during an exception?

    That is not scary at all :)

      AR.Drone is actually pretty good at this. If it starts going out of control, it toggles emergency mode and cuts the motors immediately.

      Mind you, I did have a few field repairs on mine from accidents during development.


      "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

Re: Announcing: UAV::Pilot v0.1
by AI Cowboy (Beadle) on Jun 06, 2013 at 01:05 UTC
    This is probably the coolest thing I've seen Perl used for... I'll be dissecting your code and learning from it! Very cool!