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SRD-1 - 3D Printed Drone (Arduino + Raspberry) - June 11th Update - It Flies!

2021-05-25T21:20:27Z

SRD-1 - 3D Printed Drone (Arduino + Raspberry)The newest update is the the June 11th Update - It flies, which can be found at the end of this blog! 1. Introduction & Idea 2. Plan Mechanical Electronics 3. Design Mechanical Design Base A...(read more)

Telegram Controlled Drone #5 : Conclusion and Future Scope

2021-05-25T16:15:39Z

Conclusion The Tello drone was able to receive the commands issued via our custom-made Telegram Bot @DroneTellobot.Despite the shortcomings to add a middleware communication for accessing Telegram data, the implementation is application rich.&nb...(read more)

Telegram Controlled Drone #4 : Integration and Testing

2021-05-25T16:11:03Z

Integration A middleware is required to interact between the telegram API and the drone.If the M5Stack module is connected to the drone via WiFi, it won't be able to access the Telegram API calls due to the absence of internet connectivity.To ov...(read more)

Telegram Controlled Drone #3 : Preparation - Telegram Bot

2021-05-25T16:04:20Z

Telegram is a freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging (IM) software. Telegram accounts are tied to telephone numbers and are verified by SMS. Users can add multiple devices to their accounts and receive messages on all of them. Connec...(read more)

Telegram Controlled Drone #2 : Preparation - Drone and M5Stack module

2021-05-25T16:00:39Z

Preparation of DJI Tello Drone A detailed guide on preparing the DJI Tello Drone is provided here: Gesture Controlled Drone #2 : Preperation - DroneThe Tello drone SDK provides ample information on how to program the drone to achieve the t...(read more)

Telegram Controlled Drone #1 : Introduction

2021-05-25T15:47:18Z

Here we introduce a novel method of controlling drones via Telegram. Using this feature, a user will be able to control a drone from virtually anywhere in the world with the help of an internet connection and Telegram application. Motivation&nbs...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #7 : Conclusion

2021-05-24T21:26:52Z

Conclusion Although the inference engine was not able to classify between left and right accurately, overall the performance was satisfying. Also, there were some cases where the gesture command needed to be applied multiple times to be able to ...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #6 : Interfacing and Testing

2021-05-24T21:22:21Z

Interfacing Now that we have prepared our drone, M5Stack module, and the gesture model, let's interface everything together in code.The complete interfacing code is provided here: https://github.com/crisdeodates/Tello_M5Stack_EI_control.Flash th...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #5 : Gesture Recognition using Edge Impulse

2021-05-24T21:18:46Z

We will use machine learning to build a gesture recognition system that runs on a microcontroller, with the help of Edge Impulse Studio. Preparing Edge Impulse Studio for the project Log in to https://www.edgeimpulse.com/Click Create Projec...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #4 : Gesture Control

2021-05-24T21:08:53Z

Gesture Control Method Gesture Commands In order to control out Tello drone using the M5Stack module, we will be using gesture detection. 6 basic gestures are considered for the control (idle, takeoff/land, forward, back, left, right).IdleN...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #3 : Preperation - M5Stack

2021-05-24T20:57:44Z

M5Stack Fire Module M5Stack FIRE is one of the M5Stack developing kits, providing 9-Axis IMU sensor(6-Axis posture acceleration measurement + 3-Axis magnetic measurement), 16M Flash + 4M PSRAM, enhanced Base, larger battery, etc. With an IMU pos...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #2 : Preperation - Drone

2021-05-24T20:50:50Z

The DJI Tello is a small-sized drone that combines powerful technology from DJI and Intel into a very tiny package. It is a lightweight, fun, and easy-to-use drone that is the perfect tool for learning the ropes of drone piloting before investing in ...(read more)

Gesture Controlled Drone #1 : Introduction

2021-05-24T20:43:12Z

Introduction The term “drone” usually refers to any unpiloted aircraft. Sometimes referred to as “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" (UAVs), these crafts can carry out an impressive range of tasks, ranging from military operations to package delivery. Dr...(read more)

Dromes4All : Fully Functional Working Drome! Hooray!

2021-05-21T17:29:10Z

I have beaten the deadline and produced a fully working Drome4All a week before the deadline (two deadlines in one sentence - terrible grammar but I'm tired and cannot be bothered to do any more thinking). It's been raining and blowing and I ha...(read more)

Dromes4All : IR Communication

2021-05-19T16:29:54Z

I have been able to put together the essential parts of my Dromes4All mobile robot so now I have been working on establishing a communication system. I had previously decided to use infrared communication just because I have never used it before and ...(read more)