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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on June 12, 2011 at 8:31pm

We'll probably be supporting all tablets with a HMTL5 GCS, now in development. No plans for a iPad-native app at the moment. It's not clear to me if Apple would allow it.

Meanwhile, there is already a version for Android phones, which will presumably be ported to Android tablets soon.

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A424141

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Permalink Reply by Richard Warrender on July 19, 2011 at 5:44am

I've thought about writing one. The terms the app store policy states "Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices will be rejected". I imagine this is because the iPhone can quit an app at any moment due to a call, memory, etc and if you're vehicle suddenly loses its brain you could imagine the crash that could occur. However that is really saying the iPhone or iPad can't directly control the plane itself. If it was used to program waypoints on the ground and just monitor the planes progress I'd hope that would be alright.

 

Would there be enough interest though and would such an app need to be open-sourced or could it be a commercial product?

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 19, 2011 at 7:00am

There are lots of AR.Drone iPad/iPhone apps, so I think that sort of ground controller is allowed. But you never know with Apple.

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