DroneKit-exercise

Open a terminal and then install dronekit

sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev python-numpy
sudo pip install dronekit
sudo pip install dronekit-sitl
sudo pip install MAVProxy

Download dronekit source code with examples

cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-python.git

Understand and run examples

Example: Vehicle State

Read following webpage to understand how it works http://python.dronekit.io/examples/vehicle_state.html

Use following command to run it

cd /tmp/dronekit-python/examples/vehicle_state
python vehicle_state.py

Example: Simple Go To (Copter)

Read following webpage to understand how it works http://python.dronekit.io/examples/simple_goto.html

Use following command to run it

cd /tmp/dronekit-python/examples/simple_goto
python simple_goto.py

Example: Mission Basic

Read following webpage to understand how it works http://python.dronekit.io/examples/mission_basic.html

Use following command to run it

cd /tmp/dronekit-python/examples/mission_basic
python mission_basic.py

Write your own program

Based on the Example: Vehicle State, modify it so that it only prints Global Location

Here is an screenshot of an example output