Google Summer of Code discussions - http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/gsoc-ideas-list.html
Like I found out that dronekit is good to develop python scripts to control the drone, and I have been trying to setup these wsl,virtuals machines, linux environment to use
if you have successfully setup your linux environment,i think this might help https://youtu.be/-RO9qgZVqBc
better go to the full playlist here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgiealSjeVyx3t4N9GroE29SbVwhYrOtL
and if you are using wsl dont use qgroundcontrol as the ground control software shows "fuse: device not found" error (for more info check - Azure/azure-storage-fuse#282) hence try to use mission planner on wsl.
I ended up finding a video with what I have in mind
from mavproxy
Would be great if you could post your queries here also https://discuss.ardupilot.org/
Okay, @arshPratap
I am using two command prompt from windows and one ubuntu terminal version 18.04 with wsl2.
On Windows I installed python 3.7.1 64 bits, and with prompt I used pip install dronekit, then used python -m install --upgrade pip, then pip install dronekit-sitl, then pip install wheel,pip install mavproxy.
Then I went to ubuntu terminal and used pip install dronekit dronekit-sitl mavproxy. After that, I used python, and then import dronekit and then exit()
I am using two command prompt from windows and one ubuntu terminal version 18.04 with wsl2.
On Windows I installed python 3.7.1 64 bits, and with prompt I used pip install dronekit, then used python -m install --upgrade pip, then pip install dronekit-sitl, then pip install wheel,pip install mavproxy.
Then I went to ubuntu terminal and used pip install dronekit dronekit-sitl mavproxy. After that, I used python, and then import dronekit and then exit()
then did the same import command on prompt from windows
now with two windows prompts windows, the first I used dronekit-sitl copter --home=53.280707,-9.031534,0,180
the other mavproxy.py --master tcp:127.0.0.1:5760 --sitl 127.0.0.1:5501 --out 127.0.0.1:14550 --out 127.0.0.1:14551 --out 127.0.0.1:14552
and then went to mission planner on windows, selected udp, put the right ports, and it connected
so far so good
what I cant do is sent the script from ubuntu
on ubuntu terminal I navigate to /mnt/c/Users/gusta/OneDrive/Desktop, where my python script is saved, and try to use the command sudo python drone.py --connect udp:127.0.0.1:14550 to connect,i tried 14550,14551 and 14552, and it does not connect
WARNING:dronekit:Link timeout, no heartbeat in last 5 seconds
ERROR:dronekit.mavlink:Exception in MAVLink input loop
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/mavlink.py", line 211, in mavlink_thread_in
fn(self)
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/init.py", line 1371, in listener
self._heartbeat_error)
APIException: No heartbeat in 30 seconds, aborting.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "drone.py", line 38, in <module>
vehicle = connect(connection_string, wait_ready=True)
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/init.py", line 3166, in connect
vehicle.initialize(rate=rate, heartbeat_timeout=heartbeat_timeout)
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/init.py", line 2275, in initialize
raise APIException('Timeout in initializing connection.')
dronekit.APIException: Timeout in initializing connection.
ERROR:dronekit.mavlink:Exception in MAVLink input loop
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/mavlink.py", line 211, in mavlink_thread_in
fn(self)
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/init.py", line 1371, in listener
self._heartbeat_error)
APIException: No heartbeat in 30 seconds, aborting.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "drone.py", line 38, in <module>
vehicle = connect(connection_string, wait_ready=True)
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/init.py", line 3166, in connect
vehicle.initialize(rate=rate, heartbeat_timeout=heartbeat_timeout)
File "/home/grs26/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dronekit/init.py", line 2275, in initialize
raise APIException('Timeout in initializing connection.')
dronekit.APIException: Timeout in initializing connection.
i have worked for a student project on electronics subsystem regarding working on sensors like mpu6050,bmp388, bno 085 and have a good grasp of arduino also.
what do i need to learn to get started on the go with this project ?i hope to be of some help to this project
Set up the environment on your desk
And I would like to contribute to this organization so any help would be helpful to me
I am interested in working on the project ROS2 MAVROS support for Ardupilot and I had some queries related to it
- Is any additional hardware required for this project, as of now I have a basic Pixhawk kit setup and ready
Thanks in advance
Hello Arsh, thank you for your interest in the project. The main idea is to get a port of mavros for ROS2 the mavros maintainers have stated that they would like to rewrite some of the modules for ROS2 but that an initial port of the current mavros would be a great start. Mavros is basically a translator from mavlink to ros topics. It allows ROS nodes to access information sent from Ardupilot and allows commands to be sent to Ardupilot from other nodes, like translating cmd_vel commands to position targets or velocity vectors.
Also Gitter has been discontinued and further discussions should be done on the discord channels
Hi, I'm Arush Bartaria. I'm a student entrepreneur from Delhi, India. I'm currently in my final year of IT Engineering. I've been coding in Python and GoLang for the last 3 years, and am learning Rust too. Here's the link to my drone startup website : https://5g.uavswarm.tech
Starting a drone startup and using the Pixhawk stack for my drones highlighted certain security and regulatory issues and I'd like to solve them and make the solutions open source via GSoC'21 here at ArduPilot. This would enable students and startups to fly drones legally in India and other places which have strict legal measures like No-Permission-No-Takeoff rule we have here. This rule requires companies and individuals to set up security measures within the drones' software zones for exchanging telemetry data, flight logs, permission artefacts, drone identifiers, etc. and KMS for the host software zone for key management, key rotation, drone registration, etc. It would also ensure reverse engineering protection on the companion computer and ensure non-repudiation of digitally signed drone missions. Unfortunately, these issues are not addressed by the currently mentioned GSoC projects, but I'd be more than happy to contribute and solve them, since they'd enable the usage of Pixhawk at scale even with low initial capital and promote startups and individuals to fly legally and securely. If there's a possibility for building this project, I'd be more than happy to share more relevant information and my proposed solution for the issues. And I have most of the required hardware for it (apart from a cryptographic co-processor), so that won't be an issue either.
Starting a drone startup and using the Pixhawk stack for my drones highlighted certain security and regulatory issues and I'd like to solve them and make the solutions open source via GSoC'21 here at ArduPilot. This would enable students and startups to fly drones legally in India and other places which have strict legal measures like No-Permission-No-Takeoff rule we have here. This rule requires companies and individuals to set up security measures within the drones' software zones for exchanging telemetry data, flight logs, permission artefacts, drone identifiers, etc. and KMS for the host software zone for key management, key rotation, drone registration, etc. It would also ensure reverse engineering protection on the companion computer and ensure non-repudiation of digitally signed drone missions. Unfortunately, these issues are not addressed by the currently mentioned GSoC projects, but I'd be more than happy to contribute and solve them, since they'd enable the usage of Pixhawk at scale even with low initial capital and promote startups and individuals to fly legally and securely. If there's a possibility for building this project, I'd be more than happy to share more relevant information and my proposed solution for the issues. And I have most of the required hardware for it (apart from a cryptographic co-processor), so that won't be an issue either.
Hello Everyone,
My name is Shubham Verma. I am a B tech FInal-year Information Technology student. I would like to look into working with Ardupilot for the Google Summer of Code in 2021.
I mentioned my interest and projects on which I want to work on below, have a look at that and tell me what will be good for me. I want to work on the project Optical Flow Calibration Improvements and MathWorks SimuLink under the guidance of yours.
I have a good understanding of software engineering-related methodologies, tools, and usages. I also contributed to the git open-source organization and have a good understanding of git version control. I have substantial experience in working with C, C++, Python, Data Structure, and Algorithms. I have been programming in C, C++, Python for the past 3 years and can easily implement algorithms. and also have a basic understanding of Camera Calibration.
I wanted to know what other things I have to do to be part of an organization.
I would be grateful if you can tell me if there's anything else that I could do which would be appreciated. Any further guidance or inputs would certainly be of great help.
Thank you!
Regards
Shubham Verma
Hi @Shubhupatel , Glad you are interested in contributing to ArduPilot Community.Just to inform you conversations on gitter have been deprecated .Please move to Ardupilot's discord channels and also try posting your query here https://discuss.ardupilot.org/c/google-summer-of-code/131
Thanks
Hi all. I am interested in developing a control-systems-oriented learning lab. I've done commercial land vehicle control work in agriculture and mechatronics generally. A few years ago I picked a "quadrotor" as a platform for a fundamentals foray and I started documenting it in a sort-of journal form here: https://www.mtwallets.com/category/engineering/dynamics-controls/quadcopter/
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