Parrot itself does not yet offer a Windows SDK for the AR. Drone. That is why Stephen Hobley, Thomas Endres, Julien Vinel have been working on an .Net SDK and a Windows control application for the AR.Drone. ARDrone-Control-.NET was released last week, and the source code is up on GitHub.
The AR.Drone can be controlled through DirectX inputs, like joysticks as well as keyboard and the Wiimote. Display of camera video is supported and can be saved from the control application.
Stephen has a short demonstration up on Youtube in which he explains and demonstrates the various possibilities of the control program.
I just got a few AR Drones. Was thrilled to see someone develop a .NET SDK for it. That must have been a tremendous effort. I wanted to ask: Would any of your team be interested in paid support/customization contract work around your SDK?
You can contact Stephen Hobley directly through the form on his website: http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog/contact/
Thanks, i’ve tried to get to this site on a few different browsers, but for some reason you get an infinite pause. Just tried again, same thing.
I guess I’ll wait and see if it clears up, but it seems his site is having problems. Or I am experiencing something unusual.
IS there a mac OS X app anywhere?
How freaking awesome, you guys rock. One question; are there any plans for a MAC controller? How cool to able to control flight from laptop & logitech type controller.
Thanks for your time………
Thank you very much for the development.
the only thing i couldn’t find is a good or working guide to get this app up and running. after a bit of struggle and reading i’ve learned that i need to install directx and microsoft visual c++ 2008 to the the application to start but i still cant get it to connect to the drone. i can see the interface itself but still cant connect or control the drone from my computer. I was wondering what i was doing wrong and hoping that in the future there will be a more plug and play version of this application.
Thank you very much.
How is this going on? Will we ever be able to controll the AR Drone with this (by the way great looking) software? I have a similar problem as all the others. I can start the programm but can’t connect to the drone. It just says idling in the bottom right corner 🙁
I am having the same problem sid…anybody figure this out?