How to train your Dragon?

Marek Będkowski

What Dragon?

How to train your

Dragon Drone

Marek Będkowski

Training method

Finding the right candidates

Parrot AR Dronehttp://ardrone2.parrot.com/

Features

- 1 GB 32 bit ARM cortex processor

- 1GB DDR2 Memory at 200MHz

- Linux 2.6.32 (you can telnet into it)

- 1 camera(H264 encoding base profile)

- USB 2.0 connector

- Fully reparable: All parts and instructions for repairing

available on the internet

- Wifi (b/g/n) Router

https://www.npmjs.org/package/ar-drone

Controlling a copter with hand…?

Leap motion controllerhttp://leapmotion.com

The FORCE thou say?

https://developer.leapmotion.com/documentation/javascript/devguide/Leap_Overview.html

https://developer.leapmotion.com/documentation/javascript/devguide/Leap_Overview.html

Leap Fund (http://leapfund.hcp.com/)

The Leap Fund

Highland Capital Partners has established The Leap Fund, a $25 million investment initiative focused on entrepreneurs that use Leap Motion technology to develop breakthrough experiences. They’re looking for ideas that can grow into impactful businesses across various industries - everything from killer apps to embedding Leap Motion’s technology into other hardware/software to unique businesses.

https://www.npmjs.org/package/leapjs

A decent robotics library…

Supports - Arduino- RaspberryPI- Leap motion- Ar drone

- And many more…

Training results

Source code

https://github.com/bendi/code/tree/master/drone-leap

Let’s fly!

Fear is the path to the dark side

Questions?

Costs

•Parrot AR Drone 2.0 – 1200 zł• Leap Motion Controller – 90 $ (~400 zł)

Thank you

Marek Będkowski