Installation Instructions

Clone or fork this repo!

git clone https://github.com/ElizabethDuncan/roscopter.git

Navigate to repo folder (called 'roscopter')

cd roscopter/scripts

Navigate to the scripts folder and run command:

chmod 777 driver.py

Navigate back to repo folder

cd ..

Checkout mavlink using submodule.

git submodule init
git submodule update

Build mavlink.

cd mavlink/pymavlink
sudo python setup.py install

Navigate back to Catkin folder and run 'catkin_make'.

cd ~/catkin_ws/
catkin_make

Add your user to the dialout group to have access to the USB radio. This may require reboot to take effect.

sudo adduser $USER dialout

Note

Use in conjuction with https://github.com/hboortz/arl-scope for autonomous quadcopter control/missions.

Background

Roscopter code used for ARL SCOPE Project 2014, video streaming quadcopters

Forked from https://github.com/epsilonorion/roscopter

Team members: Elizabeth Duncan, Kyle McConnaughay, Eric Schneider, Charles Goddard, Heather Boortz, and Katilin Gallagher