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How To Autonomous an UAV via gps ?

boombo

Hello Guys , I am totally new in the embedded system universe  :D

 

I am looking forward to building an autonomous UAV controlled via fixed gps waypoints and if i want to change the route i will be able to take control through ssh or something :)

 

i have read lots of posts about that but i feel it a bit confusing  :roll:

 

if someone who is a patient could tell me how to start and what is the requirements ?

do i really need an autopilot or i just can control servos through raspberry pi directly ?

Overview mechanism ? :cry:

and Thanks :)

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  • guys I really appreciate your replays  and very glad for that ^_^

     

    i am reading about ardupilot right now , it made all what i want in a simple software , like WOW !
    but i got a question , the internet connection in here is that btw , so can i set ardupilot gps way points offline ? or i need always to be connected ?
    also can i use the ardupilot only instead of raspberry pi or any micro-controller as it does all the process ?

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  • guys I really appreciate your replays  and very glad for that ^_^

     

    i am reading about ardupilot right now , it made all what i want in a simple software , like WOW !
    but i got a question , the internet connection in here is that btw , so can i set ardupilot gps way points offline ? or i need always to be connected ?
    also can i use the ardupilot only instead of raspberry pi or any micro-controller as it does all the process ?

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  • in reply to boombo

    As far as I know, ardupilot can do a whole lot by itself.


    It might be useful to have a higher level of "control" above that, and for such tasks a raspberry pi is a reasonable choice. The 'pi cna then present a web page: "I'm here, where on the map do you want me to go?" if it's got an internet connection. Or to fall back to the preprogrammed waypoints if there is no command or no internet connection.

     

    A friend is doing a research project where the on board not-exactly-raspberrypi is doing vision tasks. So that is an example of what you can do with the "extra" processing power that the 'pi has, and the ardupilot hasn't.

  • in reply to rew

    so Ardupilot would fix my internet connection problem as it not stable for something like that , since i could plug the ardu to my laptop and configure its mission offline through a software called mission planner , then connect it back to the plane . am right?

    i will be connecting it to raspberry pi only if i got internet connection , to change route or for cam stream on a web server .