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tello_driver package from tello_driver repo

tello_driver

Package Summary

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Version 0.3.1
License Apache2
Build type CATKIN
Use RECOMMENDED

Repository Summary

Checkout URI https://github.com/appie-17/tello_driver.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version development
Last Updated 2019-10-24
Dev Status DEVELOPED
CI status Continuous Integration
Released RELEASED
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Contributing Help Wanted (0)
Good First Issues (0)
Pull Requests to Review (0)

Package Description

>This package provides a ROS interface for the TelloPy library. Development of this ROS package pursues not to modify the TelloPy library, instead apply any modification or addition to the ros_driver package in an encapsulated manner.

Additional Links

Maintainers

  • Jordy van Appeven

Authors

  • Jordy van Appeven

tello_driver Build Status

1. Overview

Communicating with the Tello drone can be done either using official Tello SDK or one of the unofficial libraries. The unofficial libraries originated from the reverse-engineering the raw packages broadcasted by the Tello. This ROS package is build on top of the unofficial TelloPy library. The TelloPy library is used at this moment since it offers more functionalities than the official Tello SDK or any other unofficial library.

Developing of the tello_driver ROS package is inspired by tello_driver, which by now diverged considerately from the original work. Furthermore, development of this ROS package pursues not to modify the TelloPy library, but instead apply any modification or addition to the ros_driver package in an encapsulated manner. This prevents breaking functionalities when updating the TelloPy library.

Installation

ROS distribution

Binary release from the ROS repository:

  • Kinetic: $ sudo apt install ros-kinetic-tello-driver

Build from source

  • $ cd <CATKIN_WS/SRC>
  • $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/appie-17/tello_driver.git
  • $ cd ..
  • $ catkin_make
  • $ source devel/setup.bash

Launch

  • Turn on Tello drone
  • Connect to drone’s WiFi access point (
    
    
  • $ roslaunch tello_driver tello_node.launch
  • $ roslaunch tello_driver joy_teleop.launch

2. Nodes

2.1 tello_driver_node

Main node running as interface for the TelloPy library

Subscribed topics

Published topics

Services

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2.2 gamepad_teleop_node

Converting gamepad input controls from

``` to commands for 
```tello_driver_node

Subscribed topics

Published topic

Services

None

Parameters

2.3 joy_node

Receive input from gamepad controller and publish into

``` message

### Subscribed topics
None

### Published topics
* 
```/joy
``` [sensor_msgs/Joy](http://docs.ros.org/api/sensor_msgs/html/msg/Joy.html)

### Services
None 

### Parameters
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```~/joy_node/deadzone
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3. Troubleshooting

  • No more video output after reconnect
    Relaunch the tello_driver_node to continue the video stream after WiFi reconnection. Only an issue when using PyAV to decode h264 video instead of ROS codec_image_transport.

4. Notes

  • Stream raw video
    Depends on PyAV package: $ pip install av --user

    Installation of PyAV on Ubuntu 16.04 requires ffmpeg of at least version 3:

```$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-3

   
```$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg

5. Work-in-progress

6. License

CHANGELOG

Changelog for package tello_driver

0.3.0 (2019-10-12)

  • Merge branch 'development' of https://github.com/appie-17/tello_driver into development
  • CMake configuration include functional tello_driver for ROS repo
  • Update README.md
  • Fix installation clone from branche develop-0.7.0
  • Gamepad_node fix flattrim to square, altitude and attitude limit params
  • Manual takeoff topic
  • Revert unfinished features
  • Addition of gamepad_teleop_node.py and joy node
  • Contributors: appie-17

0.2.0 (2019-10-02 15:29)

  • tello_driver 0.2.0 dependends on codec_image_transport instead of h264_image_transport
  • Merge branch 'codec_image_transport' into development
  • Remove cloning h264_image_transport git repository
  • Replace h264_image_transport 3rd party package by codec_image_transport ROS
  • Add tag V0.1.0
  • Contributors: appie-17

0.1.0 (2019-10-02 11:51:23 +0200)

  • Update documentation
  • Merge branch 'development' of https://github.com/appie-17/tello_driver into development
  • Update documentation
  • Fix tello_driver_node odom- and image frames
  • Development of Swarmlab tello_driver
  • Update README.md
  • Update README.md
  • Update README.md
  • added fast mode; bugfixes
  • added cmd_XYZ to status msg + stream_h264_video rosparam + test scripts
  • video settings and improvements
  • working code for controlling 2(+) drones using wifi docker proxy
  • updated gitignore
  • improved networking
  • client_port
  • comments
  • docs and small fixes
  • missing launch files + docs
  • improved node + sync with TelloPy
  • working wrapper
  • typo
  • readme
  • added proxy docker container for connecting to multiple drones
  • first try using pytello (will switch to TelloPy)
  • Initial commit
  • Contributors: Anqi Xu, Jordy, appie-17

Wiki Tutorials

This package does not provide any links to tutorials in it's rosindex metadata. You can check on the ROS Wiki Tutorials page for the package.

Launch files

  • launch/tello_node.launch
      • tello_ip [default: 192.168.10.1]
      • tello_cmd_server_port [default: 8889]
      • local_cmd_client_port [default: 8890]
      • local_vid_server_port [default: 6038]
      • camera_calibration [default: $(find tello_driver)/cfg/960x720.yaml]
      • namespace [default: tello]
  • launch/logger.launch
      • bag.name [default: $(env HOME)/tello]
      • bag.topics [default: /diagnostics /joy /rosout /rosout_agg /tello/agent_cmd_vel_in /tello/cmd_vel /tello/flattrim /tello/flip /tello/land /tello/odom /tello/reset /tello/status /tello/takeoff /tello/tello/parameter_descriptions /tello/tello/parameter_updates /tello/throw_takeoff ]
  • launch/devel.launch
  • launch/joy_teleop.launch
      • joy_dev [default: /dev/input/js0]
      • namespace [default: tello]

Services

No service files found

Plugins

No plugins found.

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