1 Name: sevyon!8NBuQ4l6uQ : 2016-09-12 22:31 ID:SzJszini [Del]
Hi! I am hoping that someone can help me out with my project. The quadcopter is suppose to fly around and look for a target with a camera and when it finds the target, it is supposed to fly towards it and drop a payload. I am asked to achieve this using OpenCV for target detection and Mavproxy connected to Pixhawk for the commands. The quad has to be flown with out human control, meaning that all i have to do is to start the program and the drone do everything by itself. Please help me as this is my first time doing projects related to quadcopter
2 Name: Valdr : 2016-09-12 23:01 ID:WL8Sk9ly [Del]
Do you have programming experience in C++, C, Python, and/or Java?
If yes, the software packages you're trying to implement are jewels of open source collaboration, and have (relatively) helpful forums and tutorials on their websites.
If no, I would start learning Python and tell the person who gave you this project that they should teach programmers the basics before dumping an extremely difficult task on a beginner.
Out of curiosity, is the drone a commercially bought drone, or custom made? And what are the targets you're supposed to be looking for?
3 Name: sevyon!8NBuQ4l6uQ : 2016-09-12 23:22 ID:SzJszini [Del]
I have some experience in C++ but new to both Python and Java.
The drone body is QAV500 and we install the cameras, raspberry pi and of course the pixhawk etc myself. Currently the target is not out yet but me and another guy on my team set the opencv to detect colours !
