Getting Started:

>>> from libardrone import ardrone
>>> drone = ardrone.ARDrone()
>>> # You might need to call drone.reset() before taking off if the drone is in
>>> # emergency mode
>>> drone.takeoff()
>>> drone.land()
>>> drone.halt()

Using the drone's function get_image() you can get the latest image from the camera. At present this is in the format of a numpy array with dimensions (width, height, 3) that can be used e.g. in opencv:

>>> import cv2
>>> cv2.namedWindow('image', cv2.WINDOW_AUTOSIZE)
>>> while True:
>>>      # get image data as numpy array
>>>      img = drone.get_image()
>>>      # show image using opencv
>>>      cv2.imshow('image', cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
>>>      if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'): # press 'q' to quit
>>>          break

The drone's property navdata contains always the latest navdata. You can for example get the current battery charge from that:

>>> bat = drone.navdata.get(0, dict()).get('battery', 0)
>>> print('Battery: %i%%' % bat)

Demo (pygame):

There is also a demo application included which shows the video from the drone and lets you remote-control the drone with the keyboard (you need pygame for it to work):

RETURN      - takeoff
SPACE       - land
BACKSPACE   - reset (from emergency - DO NOT USE IN FLIGHT)
w           - forward
a           - left
s           - back
d           - right
LEFT/q      - turn left
RIGHT/e     - turn right
1,2,...,0   - speed ('1' slowest with speed 0.1, then adding 0.1 for every number until '0' for fastest with 1.0)
UP/DOWN     - altitude
r           - switch to front facing camera
f           - switch to downward facing camera

Here is a video of the library in action:

Repository:

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

Requirements:

This software was tested with the following setup:

• Python 2.7.13
• Unmodified AR.Drone firmware 2.0

License:

This software is published under the terms of the MIT License:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php