Sustainable Computing Research Group ( SCoRe )

Setup DroneKit and DroneKit-SITL(DroneKit simulator)

The project DroneMap is developed by ScoreLab to control the processes of a quadcopter by using a pc as a ground station without using a remote controller. This project is based on two parts and one is an API and a remote database which is created by using MongoDB. The other one is the server controller part which is going to develop using DroneKit python API reference. The simulator that is going to use for this task is DroneKit-SITL. N.B- Complete all these tasks in a Linux based machine. You are required to complete following simple tasks and provide relevant screenshots for each and every task.

Subtask 1 Fork and clone the "https://github.com/scorelab/DroneMap" repository to your github account. Then visit "https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-python" repository in GitHub and study the readme file.

Subtask 2 Search how to install DroneKit python reference. (use "http://python.dronekit.io/develop/installation.html" link to install DroneKit to your computer).

Subtask 3 Browse to "https://github.com/dronekit/dronekit-sitl" GitHub repository and study the readme file. Then follow the methods on installing DroneKit-SITL to your computer.

Subtask 4 Install DroneKit-SITL on your computer and setup the code to use it with a drone.

Task tags

  • python
  • dronekit
  • dronekit-sitl

Students who completed this task

August van de Ven

Task type

  • code Code
  • chrome_reader_mode Documentation / Training
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2016