Code author: Andy Gelme
Documentation author: Chris Samuel based on what I can gather from the source. :-)
License: GPLv3. http://geekscape.org/static/parrot_license.html
Introduction ------------ The [AR.Drone Parrot](http://ardrone.parrot.com) is an off-the-shelf, low-cost hobbyist quadcopter which is typically flown via an Android phone, iPhone or other iOS device over WiFi. The AR.Drone Parrot acts as a WiFi Access Point allowing direct connection from a laptop or mobile device.The AR.Drone Parrot provides various UDP and TCP ports using a documented protocol. See "ARDrone Developer Guide, SDK 1.5, 2010-10-05, chapters 6 and 7".
Cockatoo is a Java service that implements the AR.Drone Parrot protocol. Cockatoo can act as a bridge between various forms of user input, such as a keyboard or even a Kinect for gesture control.
Video of Cockatoo being using inconjuction with a Kinect client developed by Jon Oxer and his LCA2011 presentation.
Installation ------------ To compile: $ make
To run:
$ make run
To clean:
$ make clean
When the proxy starts it sets up a TCP port listening for connections on 5600 and accepts commands in plain text.
Currently those commands are:
- takeoff
- land
- forward
- backward (possibly with a argument)
It also opens an GUI window which listens for key presses and translates them into commands for the drone. These are:
- t - takeoff
- l - land
- q - land
- f - flat trim
- e - emergency (the source says "reset")
- h - hover (also the space bar)
- 0-9 - rate
- "up" - climb
- "shift-up" - forwards
- "down" - descend
- "shift down" - backwards
- "left" - rotate left (yaw left)
- "shift left" - roll left
- "right" - rotate right (yaw right)
- "shift right" - roll right