NAME
UAV::Pilot::Device::ARDroneSYNOPSIS
my $sender = UAV::Pilot::Sender::ARDrone->new( ... );
$sender->connect;
my $dev = UAV::Pilot::Device::ARDrone->new({
sender => $sender,
});
$dev->takeoff;
$dev->pitch( 0.5 );
$dev->wave;
$dev->flip_left;
$dev->land;DESCRIPTION
UAV::Pilot::Device implementation for the Parrot AR.Drone.
METHODS
takeoff
Takeoff.
land
Land.
pitch
pitch( 0.5 )Pitch (front-to-back movement). Takes a floating point number between -1.0 and 1.0. On the AR.Drone, negative numbers pitch the nose down and fly forward.
roll
roll( -1.0 )Roll (left-to-right movement). Takes a floating point number between -1.0 and 1.0. On the AR.Drone, negative numbers go left.
yaw
yaw( -0.25 )Yaw (spin). Takes a floating point number between -1.0 and 1.0. On the AR.Drone, negative numbers spin left.
vert_speed
vert_speed( 0.7 )Change the vertical speed. Takes a floating point number between -1.0 and 1.0. On the AR.Drone, negative numbers make it go down.
calibrate
Calibrates the magnetometer. This must be done while in flight. The drone will spin around (yaw movement) while it does this.
emergency
Toggles the emergency state. If your UAV goes out of control, call this to immediately shut it off. When in the emergency state, it will not be responsive to further commands. Call this again to bring it out of this state.
FLIGHT ANIMATION METHODS
The Parrot AR.Drone comes preprogrammed with a bunch of "flight animations" (complicated achrebatic manuevers). You can call the methods below to run them. Note that some of these need a generous amount of horizontal and vertical space, so be sure to be in a wide open area for testing.
I find "wave" and "flip_behind" are particularly good ways to impress house guests :)
phi_m30_deg
phi_30_deg
theta_m30_deg
theta_30_deg
theta_20deg_yaw_200deg
theta_20deg_yaw_m200deg
turnaround
turnaround_godown
yaw_shake
yaw_dance
phi_dance
theta_dance
vz_dance
wave
phi_theta_mixed
double_phi_theta_mixed
flip_ahead
flip_behind
flip_left
flip_right