Implement autopilot to Parrot AR.Drone to allow it to move from point A to point B avoiding all the obstacles.

First you need to install ROS to use this SUMMARY project. The version we use is fuerte. Just follow the instructions on the webpage (tip: there is a link to download a virtual machine for virtualbox with ROS already installed) If you choose to install on your own OS (not with virtualbox), just follow the instructions, and install the desktop-full version of ROS.

You can take a look to some tutorials to understand what is ROS and what it's made of.

It's the driver to interface the ARDrone with ROS. Info is here

# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install libblas-dev
sudo apt-get install liblapack-dev

# cd into ros root dir
roscd

# install package from git
rosws set tum_ardrone --git https://github.com/tum-vision/tum_ardrone.git
rosws update tum_ardrone

#In the file Navata.msg in the folder ardrone_autonomy/msg Add this lines : 
#motor commands (unit 0 to 255)
uint8 motor1
uint8 motor2
uint8 motor3
uint8 motor4

# build package (may take up to 10 minutes)
rosmake tum_ardrone

# run driver
rosrun ardrone_autonomy ardrone_driver

# if package ardrone_autonomy is installed but unknown command
# to do only the first time!
roscd
rosws set ardrone_autonomy/

# run stateestimation node
rosrun tum_ardrone drone_stateestimation

# run autopilot node
rosrun tum_ardrone drone_autopilot

# run gui node
rosrun tum_ardrone drone_gui

• gpsd (from standard repos: apt-get install gpsd)

• gpsd_client : http://wiki.ros.org/gpsd_client

  First install libgps-dev, which is a dependency of this package (apt-get install libgps-dev). Then do the following:

    cd ~/fuerte_workspace/sandbox #or wherever you want in your workspace
    #choose the corresponding branch, here it's the fuerte version of the package
    git clone -b fuerte_released https://github.com/ktossell/gps_umd.git
    rosstack profile && rospack profile
    rosws set gps_umd
    #re-source your setup.bash
    rosmake gps_umd
  

• ar_track_alvar : http://wiki.ros.org/ar_track_alvar

• bosch_driver : apt-get install ros-fuerte-bosch-driver