This is a clone of the original libardrone repository adapted to work with windows.

Requirements:

1. Download ffmpeg for windows (static binaries)

2. Add the build folder where ffmpeg.exe resides (usually .\bin) to your PATH

3. You should be ready to go. To install the script use the original setup.py

>>> import libardrone
>>> drone = libardrone.ARDrone()
>>> # You might need to call drone.reset() before taking off if the drone is in
>>> # emergency mode
>>> drone.takeoff()
>>> drone.land()
>>> drone.halt()

The drone's property image contains always the latest image from the camera. At present this is in the format of a numpy array with dimensions (width, height, 3). This may change in future. The drone's property navdata contains always the latest navdata.

There is also a demo application included which shows the video from the drone and lets you remote-control the drone with the keyboard:

RETURN      - takeoff
SPACE       - land
BACKSPACE   - reset (from emergency)
a/d         - left/right
w/s         - forward/back
1,2,...,0   - speed
UP/DOWN     - altitude
LEFT/RIGHT  - turn left/right

Here is a video of the library in action:

The public repository is located here for the AR.Drone 1.0:

git://github.com/venthur/python-ardrone.git

At present the AR.Drone 2.0 has a separate fork here:

git://github.com/adetaylor/python-ardrone.git

This software was tested with the following setup:

• Python 2.7.6
• Unmodified AR.Drone firmware 2.0

This software is published under the terms of the MIT License:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php